PDF Answering Children's Questions about Death Download
- Author: Abigaile Hunt
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- ISBN: 9781495310591
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- Languages : en
- Pages : 30
The best way to answer a child's questions is to let them ask. What is death? What is a funeral? When will I die? Are there cell phones in Heaven? This book is to help prepare the parent so that when those questions come, you will have a starting point for your answers. Let the children in your life ask the questions. This book is formatted with the basic question answered first. The additional paragraphs enhance the adult's understanding in case the child asks for more information. At the end of the book is a chapter called "It Worked for Me." It is how I used some ingenuity and humor to help my nieces and my son through the death of my sister. This book is written from a non-denominational viewpoint. It assumes that your child understands that Heaven is a happy place. It then allows you the freedom to add your own beliefs to the answers given here. Use this book as a guide to help you and the children in your life. However, this book should not take the place of help from a qualified medical or mental health professional. I was widowed in my early thirties, when my son was barely three years old. When I was 43, my younger sister passed away suddenly leaving behind two young daughters. I took on the responsibility of telling these children that their parent had died. Although my son was too young to ask the difficult questions when his father died, the girls' questions began immediately. Their questions were easier for me to answer because I was prepared with the answers. This book is to help prepare you, the reader, so that when those questions come, you will be a little more prepared.