Parent Is Dying

How Children Handle Life When A Parent Is Dying

A Child’s reaction to a death can be communicated through their thoughts, feelings, and actions. Depending on the child it’s difficult for the adult to make sense of the child’s reaction and could make things confusing. But when adults understand what children are communicating, it all makes better sense of whats happening. Some common reactions children may have is becoming upset during conversations when asked questions about how hey feel. Even though it may be hard to speak on the death, talking provides a chance or anyone to express their feelings. Once you get inside the child’s mind, it’s easier to help them cope with whats going on. But children should always know that it’s ok to show

But it's important to create an safe and open envirnment, so the child would be comfortable asking anything. The way a child can interpret the information on death is based on there age and even mature level. They may have a hard time understanding that all living things will die at some point and won't come back. So even after you've explained this, kids may continue to ask where the loved one is or when will they be returning. Also keep in mind that the kid’s will have questions that’ll sound much deeper than they actually are which can be scary for the adult explain the situation. As kids mature into teens, they start to understand that every human being eventually dies, no matter what. A teen who asks why someone had to die isn't looking for the answer, but they are starting to explore the idea and meaning of ones life.Teens tend to experience some guilt, especially if a close friend dies. Whatever your child is experiencing, the best way to go about it is too encourage them to express their self and share grief with people whom they trust. If you feel that you are unable to successfully help with this direct them to other resources such as books and school counselors that can provide guidance. The little things is what counts and the child will appreciate you being here in the time of

People are usually angry at god for taking there parent any, but rather throw the guilt on someone else because they feel as though the person could have done an better job. In most cases if you find someone to blame even your self, you still feel as though it could have been controlled. When a parent dies, adult children are left with a lot of different emotions ranging from emptiness to guilt. I’ve realized during my research no matter the age group every human being will feel that loneliness after an parents death. The most common reactions from adults are Confusion, Frustration, Depression which happens in most cases.Adults tend to grief around other close adults that they trust. I understand that just like with an child this is an difficult situation for them to be in to. But when your an adult your grief could be from an number of different events that took place in your life. If you grew up without that particular parent in your life due to abandonment, death could be the closure for that relationship. Of course it will bring up some unhealthy emotions while trying to figure out why things happened the way they did. Mostly unresolved anger will be the out come of and it’s normal for people in this situation to feel that way. Even if you hated that parent and they were already dead to a child mentally , the emotions of finding out they are no longer breathing