New answers tagged death
1
There are a number of picture books that can help in this situation. Try:
Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children by Bryan
Mellonie with Robert Ingpen explains the life cycle using humans, trees, and animals.
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie dePaola tells about a four-year-old coming to terms with his great grandmother's death.
...
3
My son just turned 5 and we've had a few not-so-close family members die (nothing as closely related as a great-grandmother) and some pets.
My son first started mentioning "death" around age 3 1/2 or 4 probably and I was a little surprised at how much he understood about death in general (that it means that the person or animal has left and won't be ...
Top 50 recent answers are included
