From the author: This is a pressing issue for all countries where hostilities are taking place. How can one not be afraid of war? Everyone is scared... The fear of death is found in all kinds of human fears. People are afraid to disappear because they do not know what awaits them after death. It is very scary for a child to be left without parents, because from them he receives PROTECTION. Question from Nata. Oksana, please tell me how I can explain to my daughter about the war so that she is not afraid of it? We are already calm, but the previous meeting with the military situation does not give anyone peace. Answer from Oksana Rozdorskaya. This is a pressing issue for all countries where hostilities are taking place. How can one not be afraid of war? Everyone is scared... The fear of death is found in all kinds of human fears. People are afraid to disappear because they do not know what awaits them after death. It is very scary for a child to be left without parents, because from them he receives PROTECTION. How to help a child cope with the fear of war? The parents themselves should calm down! War begins in the souls of people, then spreads to the family and soon infects everyone who lacks love and faith. Sometimes, parental fears are worse than war. Stop lying to yourself and your children that nothing is happening. Lying breeds aggression, increases subconscious fears and reduces the child’s trust in his parents. Recognize that in your country people die from bullets and shell explosions. This is reality, whether you like it or not. Get rooted through playing with sand, walking barefoot on the ground, lying on the grass (in the house - on the floor). Enjoy every sunrise and morning awakening with your children, thank God for this opportunity. Communicate with grandparents, great-grandparents and great-grandfathers and ask them to tell children about past wars. Let them tell their grandchildren and great-grandchildren their opinion about the war. Draw the child’s attention to the fact that all wars end someday. This will strengthen the child’s will, because the grandmother went through the war and remained alive! Be sure to tell the children that life does not stop during the war! Strengthen the child’s desire to LIVE, regardless of external circumstances. Invite the child to draw fears as much as he wants and talk about them while looking at the drawings. Draw on whatman paper with the whole family on the topics: “Fear of war”, “I’m afraid to die”, “Weapons” , “It hurts”, “Loneliness”, “Helplessness”. There is no need to lie that everything is fine and no one is dying. Say that you are always with your daughter, even when you are at work, in a store or in another country. The child needs to know that if mom and dad die, they will not leave her, but will forever live in her heart. After drawing out fears, make a series of drawings on the topics: “Friendly family”, “Eternal love”, “My protection”, “ Invisible help."The most important thing is faith in God. Pray with the whole family and ask for protection from sudden and premature death for all members of the family, clan, country and planet. Pray with your children, because you teach and guide only by your example. Mother’s prayer for children in front of the “Education” icon A woman is the soul of the family, home and the area where she lives. A man is the spirit of a clan, a country. The love of godly spouses works miracles, and I have seen this many times through personal example and the lives of clients. Strengthen your family through faith in God, love and trust in each other, and caring for children. And the stronger the families, the stronger the peaceful state.