Parents should talk about the Queen’s death and kids may benefit from watching funeral, reveal experts
PARENTS should be clear, open and honest when talking about the Queen’s death with their children, say experts.
And some youngsters may benefit from watching tomorrow’s funeral, they believe.
Since the Jubilee celebrations many children have spent hours learning about The Queen, and in the past few days bereavement charity Winston’s Wish has been inundated with requests from worried families who do not know what to tell them.
CEO Fergus Crow told the Sun on Sunday: “Parents must use clear, age- appropriate language.
It may be tempting to use terms like the Queen has ‘gone to sleep’ or ‘passed away’, but these can be confusing to children and prompt more questions such as, ‘When is she waking up?’.
Although they feel harsh and blunt, using words like ‘dead’, ‘died’ and ‘death’ will help create a clear definition for children which they’ll understand.
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“Parents should also try to explain to children that feelings of anguish, anger, sadness, guilt, worry and confusion are perfectly normal reactions to hearing that someone has died.”
