5 year old Daughter
My daughter is 5 and we had kind of a scary situation last week. We're phyiscally fine but our van stalled and wouldn't (and hasn't) restartes. Ever since then she's been crying a lot. Very jumpy and scared. She is also laughing and playing as normal. When I try to ask her what's wrong she won't answer me.
She also is starting kindergarten this week so there as has been a lot of big changes all at once. So I am sure her little mind is racing.
Does anyone have any advice? Any tips on how to get her to talk or reassure her everything is okay.
I feel like this reminds me of an issue addressed in the book the whole brain child (relatively early in the book) and addressing or retelling the story of trauma - that book, these links or searching this info might be helpful - https://rockitmama.com/the-4-best-takeaways-from-the-whole-brain-child/#:~:text=This%20section%20of%20The%20Whole,word%20that%20is%20often%20misunderstood https://www.shortform.com/blog/children-trauma/