Bereavement, how do I tell my son?…?
My son is 6 years old, and in his young mind, has already had a few “deaths”. Our dog died prematurely of a heart problem, our rabbits died, because next doors ferret got them (he doesn’t know that bit), our fish died after a 4 day power cut removed their filter and heat.
He seems to think everything dies, and his grandfather on my husband’s side died before he was born, but we have paintings and photos of him, so he knows he died and asks about it, to which I reply briefly, hoping not to scar him for live.
Today, suddenly, my father died, and despite being on warfarin, this was out of the blue, at his job. I am devastated.
My son loved him – how do I tell him? Please help me?
