TOPIC: Dealing with Tragedy
Bouncy Kids
People ask me all the time how my kids are handling everything…and I never quite know how to answer them. I don’t even know the answer to that question about myself. To be quite honest, that has been one of the hardest parts of this whole thing—watching my kids struggle with my illness. How do I know they struggle? For the last few months, my son Brandon has been frightened to go anywhere alone.
Ask Hal - Helping Children Deal with Tragedy
We recently received the news that our six year old nephew has a rare brain stem tumor. The outlook is not good, as they have not had any survivors of this type of brain tumor. (Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma).
How do you prepare young children (10, 7 and 3 years old) for what the family will go through with his treatment and how do we prepare them for the possibility, (although we are hoping and praying for a miracle) for his death? Thanks!
