The TLC publication of, Brave Bart: A Story for Traumatized and Grieving Children, has taught us a thousand times over that parents do need resources that allow them to talk to their children about their traumatic experiences. And children most of all need their parents to be the ones helping them make sense of and normalize their thoughts and feelings. With this in mind TLC will publish, Shadow Moves. It will be in the same format as Brave Bart, fully illustrated and generic so it will address many of the worries and fears of moving regardless of the cause for the move. Like Brave Bart it will normalize reactions and help children focus on their ability to survive the fears and challenges they are experiencing or have experienced.

We are now beginning to realize that because our children are exposed to far too much too early in life they are seeing life as a scary place to be, overwhelming and unsafe. Moving today presents many more risks and challenges than in the past. Any way that we can engage children to make us a “witness” to what moving is like for them, will help them feel not so alone, not so fearful and better able to survive the challenges that moving presents