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Question : How can I help my 8-year-old deal with death?
Two weeks ago, one of my daughter's former Sunday School teachers died (from 1st grade). She heard about it in Sunday School before I did and told me. She was sad (I was too) but he was not a big part of our life. She talked about it a little, expressed sympathy for his wife (her other, more involved teacher from that year), moved on. Today on the way home from school she told me her teacher would not be in all week because her disabled 5-year-old grandson had died. We knew this little boy some. Met him the day we met the teacher over the summer because he was at school with her. He was an occasional classroom visitor and went to kindergarten at the same school. Always smiling in his fancy motorized wheelchair. As far as I know he was mentally and intellectually normal. I don't know exactly what his disability was, but he had not been expected to survive toddlerhood and my daughter knew this too. Still a bit of a shock and now, though she seems okay, need to help her deal.
Thanks for all the answers so far. I'm leaving it open so I can get as many suggestions as possible. I should add, she has had pets die in the past (2 hamsters, 2 guinea pigs, and 1 cat). She dealt with these normally. This is just her first personal experience with human death, other than our very ill 80-something-year-old neighbor last year. She has been bringing up the teacher's grandson several times a day, and said her heart was broken, but she did not cry or act out. She truly seems more concerned about her teacher (Yes, I am proud of this). It just seems harder to explain because he was just a little boy, not an elderly person or even an adult. I can't even explain it to myself! We do attend church and she obviously goes to Sunday School, and it does help to imagine teacher's grandson out of the wheelchair at last.
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I am going through the same thing with my 6 year old daughter. Her grandfather passed away suddenly two weeks ago. She went to the funeral because she felt she needed to be there for her grandma. She says she is okay with the death and believes her grandpa is in heaven with her friend that died three years ago. However, she wakes up crying that she misses him. I have just let her know that it is okay to cry and ask questions. We talk about grandpa everyday and share our memories of him. I let her do a balloon release at the cemetery and she liked that. Death is a hard thing to deal with for anyone, especially children. They just don't understand it. Be there for her. She may be okay with it right now and then one day it may hit her hard. Or it may not affect her much at all. Just let her know that she can come to you with questions about it that she may have. I think that's really the best thing you can do for her right now.
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Question : James Earl Jones is standing on my porch with a dead hooker and a motorized wheelchair...what should I do?
oh, and: Survey: Phones or Coffee Cans w/string?
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HA!oh you gotta first take pics, then ya gotta have james earl jones to deliver a long speak and by then anyone around will think the dead hooker died from it
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Question : Where can I find information on extended motorized wheelchair insurence?
I've heard there is an extended insurence for motorzed wheelchairs and scooters which is great because repairs to my wheelchair r bankrupting me.I think if the chair coast u over $ 2000.00 then they should have an insurence like on cars n trucks.
Anyone out there agree say yeah!!! ;0}
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Look up maker on-line they should offer this ,If not Sears Has some programs, also check with some of other medical supply stores in you area and see if they know. My cousin in Oregon called and found someone who new where to go.
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