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Tears and Tantrums: Helping Your Preschooler Grieve
By Donna Stone
Parents need to help their children through the grieving process. "Every grieving child needs a safe place, safe people, safe peer group, and the opportunity to play," says Mize. "If parents provide this environment for children, through caring sensitive adults -- family, church, and friends -- these things will go a long way towards helping a child work through the grieving process. "
While sometimes the natural inclination may be to shield a child from grief, talking about the deceased and remembering them is an important part of the healing process. "Let your child know it is all right to acknowledge the memories and the presence of that person in your life," says Mize.
Linda and Madeline use special times to remember Madeline's grandmother. "We take flowers to my mother's grave and on birthdays we go through our picture albums. We share stories about Nana and stories from when I was young to help Madeline remember what a special person Nana was and will always be for us."
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