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Parenting: How to Help Your Kids Tackle Disappointment

Top Navigation Explore Real Simple SUBSCRIBE REAL SIMPLE LIFE FAMILY KIDS & PARENTING How to Help Your Kids Handle Disappointment How to Help Your Kids Handle Disappointment Whether it's a postponed prom or a canceled baseball season, here's how to help your kids cope with the loss. By  Lisa Milbrand April 17, 2020 Save FB Tweet More GETTY IMAGES Let's face it: 2020 has not been a great year for pretty much everyone on the planet. But for kids, it can be especially hard to be stuck at home and have so many events and activities postponed or canceled in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, since they haven't reached the developmental milestones that help them take it all in stride. "Teens and children really live in the now," says Jeffrey Bernstein, PhD, a licensed psychologist, parenting coach, and author of  10 Days to a Less Defiant Child . "They h...