Grief | How to Tell Children About the Death of a Loved One | Balanced Wheel

This week's blog post explores how to tell children about the death of a loved one.
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“Daddy died” were the words I uttered to my 8 years old, 3 years old and 11 months old. I watched their puzzled faces process those words and viewed an innocent jovial demeanour turn to wails of despair. I will never forget the moment, it is forever etched in my mind.
This was one of the hardest things I had to do. I saw smiles and giddiness turn into wails of sorrow. My children’s grief ached me more than my own.
My husband of 10 years was involved in a fatal car accident, while I was asleep he was taking his final breathes. Oh, the fragility of this life.
Culturally we tend to say that children don’t really know what is going, and sort of bypass their grief journey as we send them off to play.
In the days, months, and years after they asked so many questions such as “is it because we didn’t pray enough?”, “How did the accident happen?”, “Are we sure daddy died and isn’t just sleeping?” “he was so strong how could he just die?. “why did he have to die, could it be someone else?”, “how come my dad died and everyone else has theirs?.
My question to you is how do you support the grieving children in your life?
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