Helping Your Child Cope With Loss and Grief

Dealing with loss is never easy and for children it can be even harder as they cannot yet comprehend what they are going through. You need to ensure that you are there for your child and that you provide as much care and love to ensure that they can go through the stages of grief without any emotional scars.



Explaining Death to Children

Not only is it ungrateful, but it is also hard to explain death to a child. Depending on their age they might understand what is going on and how they can deal with their emotions. Nevertheless, be sure to sit down and to talk it over because a child’s concept of death might be distorted. Exemplify and explain what death means and that unfortunately, the person who passed away cannot return home anymore. On the other hand, try to make them understand that feeling sad and angry is a natural process they should go through.