Dealing With Loss Teaching Your Children About Life And Death
At some point or another you and your children will be faced with death.
Its important that you teach your children that death is merely an aspect of life, and help them become comfortable with the topic.
One of the best things you can do to prepare your children for the prospect of a death is to talk about it with them ahead of time.
Your approach to the subject may vary a little depending on your spiritual beliefs. Some cultures actually embrace the subject of death and see it as an opportunity for re-birth and new life.
It is important that you consider your spiritual and emotional beliefs about death and come to fully embrace them before approaching the topic with your children.
This will help you facilitate a more impacting and clear cut conversation when the time arises to talk about death and dying.
Here are some suggestions for broaching the topic with your children:
Talk With Your Children About the Cycle of Life Consider discussing death with them at a time that you can naturally incorporate it into part of your conversation. Consider for example...