The frightening news is an inevitable part of life. From news on television, radio in the car, digital media, or from adults' conversations, children are often bombarded with information related to violence, extreme weather, epidemics, or climate change. Children may feel fear and anxiety. The book "What to do When the News Scares You" helps children put frightening events into proper perspective, calm down, and manage them.

Written by clinical psychologists and psychology professors with extensive experience working with children and parents, and featuring very engaging illustrations, the "What to Do When" series published by the American Psychological Association addresses a wide range of mental difficulties and problems faced by children.

These interactive books include proven and effective strategies and techniques based on cognitive-behavioral counseling and psychotherapy. With step-by-step instructions, stories, metaphors, images, illustrative and fun examples, each book aims to educate, mobilize, and empower children.

Meanwhile, parents and educators are informed about ways to address these difficulties and are empowered themselves to enhance mental well-being and improve the quality of life for children.

The responsibility for the translation and adaptation, as well as the scientific editing of the books, is held by Evangelia Galanaki, a professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Athens.