Difficult conversations with children
If you are a parent, it’s likely you’ve had to have a difficult conversation with your child. In those moments, it would be so much easier if there was a tried and tested script to follow; but instead we find ourselves simply doing our best and going with our gut. These tricky topics could range from a three-year-old asking ‘where does rain come from?’ to far more serious conversations about death, separation or mental health.
Under such circumstances, one can feel pressure to ‘say the right thing’ and make sure our son or daughter truly understands what we’re trying to say to them. In all likelihood, as you know them better than anyone else, you will probably handle the conversation brilliantly. But it would be nice to have an easy and knowledgeable resource at your fingertips, right?
How Spy Readers can help
At Spy Readers, we don’t have a magic wand to solve every problem, but we do have a database of thousands of children’s fiction books that can be an amazing resource to support you in some of life’s more challenging moments. You can search our database by theme and quickly locate many books that can be shared with your child to help you explain or broach subjects such as those already mentioned. They say a picture can tell a thousand words, so imagine just how much a picture book can say. Take Debi Gliori’s book No Matter What. If there was ever a book to help with a conversation about a child’s fear for the future when a loved one is either expected to pass away or has sadly died, then this is it. Need to talk about separation? Two Homes by Claire Masurel could be the perfect way to tackle such a potentially painful situation. The list of books that can help goes on and on.
If you think this might be of use to you, then visit www.spyreaders.co.uk
Oh, and if you simply need to explain to a three-year-old where rain comes from, then we can even help there! Just try The Rhythm of the Rain by Grahame Baker-Smith.