“The belief is often that children will not understand death, or that they will be crushed emotionally. If fact children understand more than we grown-ups think.”
“Children are naturally curious, and they will most likely have many questions. What a child will want to know about death depends on their age and any previous experience they have with death.”
Your child’s relationship to the deceased has not ended; it has only changed. After a funeral, keep pictures and other reminders of the deceased around to spark conversation with your child. This will help form a new set of emotional bonds with the person who died.”
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