DB 440: Fires of LA: How kids can mentally deal with emergencies and crisis

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Familyfriendly, Kids, Education For Kids, Dreambig, Parenting, Family, Kids & Family, Bigdreamers

3.8 • 975 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

🎙️ How can kids and families stay calm, strong, and prepared during life’s toughest challenges? 🌟 https://dreambigpodcast.com/440

In Episode 440 of the Dream Big Podcast, Olga Karpman reflects on her family’s experience during the recent LA fires. While her family was lucky to stay safe, many others lost everything, leading Sophia to explore how kids and parents can handle emergencies—emotionally and practically.

✨ What you’ll learn in this episode:

Why it’s important for kids to focus on staying calm and letting grown-ups handle the hard stuff.
Practical steps kids can take, like creating a comfort kit and talking about their feelings.
How parents can support their kids during and after a crisis with love, honesty, and reassurance.
The power of routines and helping others to heal and rebuild after tough times.

💡 This heartfelt episode is filled with encouragement, practical advice, and inspiration for kids and parents alike. Whether it’s fires, storms, or any challenge life throws your way, you’ll feel more empowered to face it together as a family.

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0:00.0	Hello, big dreamers. Welcome to the DreamBig podcast, the place to learn, laugh and grow.
0:06.5	This is Olga Carpman, and today I decided to record this episode myself. Don't worry, you will
0:12.8	hear Sophia on the next episode because right now it's just a little too difficult to talk
0:19.3	about this subject based on recent events in Los Angeles. Los Angeles fires.
0:25.8	These fires destroyed over 5,000 structures recently and forced many, many families to leave their homes, including ours.
0:35.2	Thankfully, we were safe, and our evacuation was lifted quickly, but not everyone
0:41.0	was as fortunate. Our hearts goes to everyone who lost their homes in fires. Some of our friends
0:50.2	lost absolutely everything. Thank God they're healthy and their family safe.
0:56.7	Our hearts go out to everyone who was affected by this tragedy. It's deeply sudden to see
1:02.8	the devastation and the challenges so many are now facing. This experience has reminded us
1:09.2	of the importance of being prepared, not just practically,
1:13.2	but emotionally and mentally as well.
1:16.1	Today, Big Dreamers, I'll share what our family learned about navigating emergencies and how
1:21.4	families can come together in times of crisis.
1:25.3	This is episode 440 of the Dream Big podcast and it's time to dream big and
1:31.8	stay prepared. Welcome to the Dream Big podcast show. We're inspiring you to shoot for the
1:41.0	moon's day came and go. We bring to you amazing guests to truly love what they do
1:46.6	every day they're living their dreams and so can you dream big take action to reach your goals
1:54.4	are you pumped yet it's showtime let's rock and roll welcome back big jimmers last week I mentioned earlier, as we were going about our
2:05.4	week as usual, we got devastating news that a fire had broken out in two towns of LA. Because
2:12.9	of the high winds it spread so quickly and thousands thousands of people had to evacuate their homes immediately.
2:20.3	Our family was in high alert too.
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