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How to help children feel safe after experiencing xenophobia

My neighbor called immigration on my family last week even though we have legal status and now my children are afraid to play outside and I do not know how to make them feel safe in the only home they have ever known.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The trauma of having your family's security threatened in the place you thought was sanctuary, shattering your children's sense of home.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Belonging for immigrants and refugees?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.