How old was she though? I don't expect that reaction from my 4 year old, frankly. I expect mostly "why?" questions. My son hasn't really shown that level or depth of emotion yet.
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > Explain what is going to happen, let them make a choice about how they want > to deal with it. My daughter really wanted to take some pictures of our cat > and the family together. It was rough, no doubt, but it made her feel like > she got to have a hand in the parting and that was good for her. I took > our cat to the vet while she was at school and gave myself time to cry > afterwards. > > There were still sad times that came and went for my daughter afterwards > but the pictures helped her. > > Cheers, > Judah > > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:36 AM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > So we have to put our dog down. My son is 4 and daughter 2, both just a > few > > months from turning 5 and 3. > > > > Should i tell them before I take the dog in, and explain that she won't > be > > coming back...so that they can say a goodbye? Would they feel > overwhelming > > sadness? I'm ok with them feeling sad that she's going away, but i don't > > want them to be emotionally wrecked. > > > > I think the 2 year old is probably young enough to just move on, but Ben > > will definitely know that he's going to lose his pet forever. > > > > I dunno...anyone had to deal with this at a similar age for their kids? > > > > I'm thinking I should either: > > > > 1) Tell them the day before i'm taking her in that she's leaving for good > > tomorrow, and they should say goodbye...then just answering their > questions > > honestly afterwards or > > 2) Not telling them before hand, and waiting until they ask where the dog > > is before explaining why she had to go away. > > > > Advice? > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369227 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
