Parents and caregivers play an essential role in helping children and teenagers recover from traumatic events. The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) has created resources for parents, adoptive parents, foster parents, grandparents, caregivers, and all others who care for children and teens. The more caregivers learn about how traumatic events affect their children, the more they understand the reasons for their children’s behaviors and emotions, and the better prepared they are to help them cope. When children know that caring adults are working to keep them safe and support them in understanding their reactions to trauma, most can recover and go on to live healthy and productive lives.