 If you can plan barbecues and weddings, you can plan to protect yourself from a natural disaster. Sign up for local alerts, prepare an emergency kit, and make a family communications plan. Get started at ready.gov slash plan. Brought to you by FEMA and the Ad Council. We tend to view childhood as a time of joy and innocence. We've come to believe that all children are resilient. But do we ever stop and think how a child perceives their surroundings, how they're affected by it?