As a speech therapist/educator, I’m always trying to find simple techniques/explanations to help little kids process and understand their emotions and then teach them healthy ways to express themselves when they’re angry, frustrated, etc. I notice that telling them I deal with the same difficulties, like wanting to yell when I’m angry, goes a long way. Then they know what they feel isn’t weird BUT there are ways to handle their emotions that don’t hurt themselves or others.
Today, January 27, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Please take time to remember and reflect on all the different people murdered in the Holocaust, and those who survived its horrors. Jewish people, Roma people, LGBTQ people, the disabled, political prisoners, and many more groups.
They deserve to be remembered. They need to be.
2020 marks the 75th year since the liberation of Auschwitz. The number of Holocaust survivors decreases each year.
We must study and learn about the Holocaust. We must listen to the testimonies of those who survived.