Validate their emotions Natural disasters can bring up a range of emotions in children—fear, sadness, anger or even confusion. Let them know it's okay to feel how they feel.

Natural disasters affect some 175 million children across the globe every year, triggering lasting consequences that can include anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress.

Natural disasters, even if they don't directly affect your family, can be traumatic for kids. Keep an eye on sudden changes in behavior, eating, sleep, mood, or school performance.

Although parents can’t control the weather, they can control how to navigate their kids’ concerns and feelings about natural disasters. Here’s advice from the experts on how to help them cope.

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It's called Help Kids Cope, and it offers parents advice and resources for all kinds of natural disasters and emergencies. It's free and available now in the iTunes app store.

Currie: And some of your advice comes from a past natural disaster, Hurricane Katrina, and what you’ve studied and what you’ve learned. Talk to me a little bit about that.

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When tragic events occur, such as wildfires or hurricanes, it can be difficult for kids to cope. A natural disaster is a stressful event for a person of any age, but for children, it's much more ...