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Children and Death. |
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by selly  (January 2007) (rank 112th) |
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If we like it or not death will eventually occur.
To make it easier for your children i have set some guidelines.
- When your child is old enough to learn about the beginning and end of stuff, start talking about the being and end of life. Even
if you start with animals. So if you have a pet that dies it will be easier on the child.
- Depending on your beliefs, tell your child what happens after we die. In pagans it would be the Summerlands, a place where our souls rest and prepare for rebirth.
- Find a place or item where your child can relate to someone that has died. When somone dies i tell my child (almost 4) that they have turn into a star. She then know that they are gone and not coming back.
- Dont forget them - make a scrapbook to show to your child when they are older. (grandma might of died when your child was a baby, and grandma would've loved her grandchild alot, dont let her love be forgotten).
- A graveyard is no place for a young child, there might have been a bond between your child and the deceased, but your child doesn't need the stress and emotion of 100 upset people. We need to celebrate their life, not their death. If needed, have a little get-together with family or friends with same age children. Then explain the event.
- And finally number 1 rule, DONT SHUT DEATH AWAY. If you do that day your child experiences it, they will be confused and loss.
Final note: Celebrate each day, and never forget to tell your children you LOVE THEM!
