Talk to young people about the approaching conflict. Use this guide to work out your best approaches.
1. Be honest with young people, says Barbara Rayment of Youth Access. There is no point in pretending that you can make the world a safe place, when it obviously is not. So don't think that you can brush aside worries with hopeful but groundless reassurance. Always be open about what you know and feel. Encourage young people to do the same.
2. Try to get some perspective, particularly about changes in everyday behaviour. After recent security alerts, some young people became ultra-cautious, refusing, for example, to go near an airport. Work out ways of assessing risk. Talk about the argument that terrorists have won if people are afraid to carry on with their normal lives.
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