038 | Us & Kids: Grief in a Child

Inspiration from this Episode

“They have less emotional knowledge, and less emotional awareness. Not necessarily less emotional experience.”

“I want them to be able to absorb pain and use pain in a healthy and okay way.“

“Because I wanted her to be empowered by talking about it out loud on her own, forming her own thoughts, gathering her own courage to say her own experience and letting me just be the listener.”

038 | Us & Kids: Grief in a Child

Intro 

On today’s show, the topic we're talking about today isn't necessarily a really happy one. But it's a rather common one. And the topic is about grief or loss for a child and how they experience it, but also how we can help them develop skills to get through it. We usually think we know what grief means to us or other adults we know, but it might look a lot different to the kids in our life. 

To children, the loss or grief happens because someone or something precious is gone out of their life, either permanently or temporarily. We can also have grief at the loss of an ability to do something that you want to do or that you like to do, builds into your identity. We are going to dive into the ways we can identify these emotions and ways to express them in healthy ways.

What You’ll Learn in Today’s Episode

• What grief can mean in children.
• Addressing and labeling the emotions.
• What actions help soothe the pain.
• Providing an outlet to be helpful.

Resources in Today’s Episode: 

• Join the Us & Kids supportive Facebook Community 

• Free Sadness and Grief in a Child Printable  

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