I'm a 23 year old single father of a 3 year old boy (soon to be 4). My Wife died after being hit by a drink driver when our son was a year old. I have told him mummy died (not in such a manner), and we gave her a star, which he says goodnight to before bed. I'm having trouble answering some of his recent questions, such as Why did mummy get taken away, Do we get another mom, Are you or me going to be taken away to, He's not upset while asking just curious, he asks them repetitavely, and my answers don't seem resolve his searching, i've told him what i think was approriate for his age, and didn't go into too much detail. Have i been doing the right thing or going about it the right way? Any information as to how to go about it better? IS it appropriate to be so candid (for lack of a better word) about death to a child of 3/4?
2006-11-19
21:56:56
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