How to gently tell a child that a pet has passed away?

Children's understanding of death changes with age. Children aged 2-7 usually don't believe that people will die. This is because children have obtained the "law of conservation of matter" since they were 2 years old, believing that everything will exist forever. Even if they can't see it, they will think it is hidden somewhere. He didn't believe you when you told him that this thing had disappeared. Therefore, for children of this age, there is no need to tell them the truth of death, because he can't understand it at all. Why don't you tell him that he went far away, went to heaven and became a star?

Next time, don't tell the child that the duckling was killed by a mouse, but tell him that the duckling missed his mother and went to find her. If you find a dead butterfly on the road, you can tell the child that the butterfly is sleeping. It will sleep for a long time. The puppy died. You can tell him that the dog went to heaven and became a star.

This is a good opportunity to carry out "death education" in life education. If you can't be tactful, you can't be tactful.

Touch it with your child, feel the cold skin and tell him that this is death.

Take children and pets to review photos together, recall their bits and pieces, and tell him that he is very happy because of your company in his life. Similarly, your growth process is more colorful because of him.

Take your child to experience where you go together and tell him that life is long and short, but life will never judge a hero by when he was born and when he died, but by when and where he did something. Your life, because of its existence, becomes happier; Its life is also carefree because of your existence. This is the value. No one can control the length of life, but the value is controllable.

Imagine a future life with children. Tell him that one day, mom and dad will be as cold as they are now, and they can't open their eyes anymore. Then how should our family create value before it is over?