Kidzwire would like to extend heartfelt sympathies to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.  We have been watching in horror, knowing that many of these folks are parents just like us....people who just a week ago were trying to prepare for a new school year and wrap up summer activities.  We continue to watch and hope for better news as the reports of devastation continue to roll in.

Please donate to the American Red Cross and realize that even though your family may not be directly affected by Hurricane Katrina, your children may have anxiety or stress.  Please read this excellent advice (opens as an adobe acrobat file) from the Amercian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.  One obvious tip that is called out in this list is to limit your child’s viewing of graphic or disturbing images on television or in the newspaper.