26 February at 18:00 The distance between people who love each other is not only measured in kilometres.
It’s a child’s daily question “When will dad / mom come back?”
It’s the silence when you don’t know what to say.
It’s the fear that connection may be lost without warning.
When a family member is far away – because of work, study, war or other circumstances – children experience it in their own way. They may not say it out loud, but they feel it keenly.
We invite parents, caregivers and professionals who work with children to a webinar “Family at a Distance: How to Maintain Contact Between Parents, Children and Those Who Are Away”.
🗓 26 February 2026
💻 Online
⏰ 18:00
📩 Free of charge
Sign up here:
https://confidence.net.ua/forms/online-webinar/
Host: Liudmyla Borysenko, clinical psychologist, EMDR therapist, family psychotherapist, supervisor, lecturer, member of the Association of Psychological Counselling and Trauma Therapy
The webinar will cover the following topics:
-how children cope with the absence of a family member – and why their pain is not always visible;
-what destroys bonds invisibly: silence, unfulfilled promises, ignored emotions;
-simple rituals that keep the family together even at a distance: phone calls, letters, shared traditions;
-how to talk to children about distance honestly and without causing trauma;
-how adults can cope with their own longing while remaining a source of support for their children.
This webinar is about how to remain close when someone is physically far away. It is about how family is not only a shared space, but also shared feelings, rituals, and presence in the heart.
The event is part of UNICEF’s Hugs For You project, financed by the European Union.
