Death child essays

Dead parent stories where the parent dies young and while the child is old enough to comprehend what’s going on seem, to me, to almost always be about dead dads. Whether it was about an actual lack of resources or my own refusal to engage with them, that spring, I was finally ready to read stories about women like me.

How the death of a parent in childhood affects a child depends on how the influential adults around them react to their grief. A child who has lost a parent needs to know that it is acceptable to show emotions and talk about the person who died. Normalizing the grieving process is important.

Parents can use good listening skills to provide children with a safe environment to talk about their feelings about the holiday. One area that is often of concern to bereaved children is their parent’s beginning to date and develop new long-term love interests. Parents can introduce a new partner or family member slowly.

It seems to me like most dead mom stories have either a long-dead mom, or a mom who dies when the daughter is old. Dead parent stories where the parent dies young and while the child is old enough to comprehend what’s going on seem, to me, to almost always be about dead dads.