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Family Troubles

Types of Fears There are lots of possible family-related fears. Here are some examples:

• illness, injury, or death of a parent • illness, injury, or death of a sibling • parents fighting

• divorce • moving

• loss of home (being homeless) • arrest or incarceration of parent

• deployment of parent (if the parent is in the military) • deportation of parent (if the parent is an immigrant) That’s a lot of stuff to worry about! We can’t cover all of it in one book, but we will look at some of the most common family-related fears.

A march in support of immigration reform in Los Angeles. Living under the threat of deportation is tough on kids, who may constantly worry that their families could get broken up.

Being afraid from time to time is totally normal. There will always be a certain level of uncertainty in life—we can’t know what tomorrow or next week