Guest guest Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Oh boy, I hope I word this right. Has anyone had experience in helping their AS child deal with a death? My son is nearly 8, he knows what death is because we live on a farm and with all the animals...he's been exposed to many ceasing to exist. Recently, my hubby's grandmother passed away. We weren't close to her, it was somewhat expected that she would go soon and I don't think she even ever met my son. So we didn't really get into anything with our son when she did pass away. We just told him and that was that. Now, last week, my son's best's friend's dad died from a motorcycle accident just down our road. We did tell our son that if he had any questions to ask us, not his best friend, since friend is very sad. His only question was " what are they going to do with the bike? " . But since our son is at school and on the bus with this boy, I really have no control of shielding the friend from anything my son may say. Any suggestions on how to coach our son on how to act or react with his friend? I don't want my son to alienate his friend (he only has 2 good friends) by seeming callous with his questions or comments at such a sensitive time. I know friend's mom from birthday parties and Curves, but not well enough that she knows my son has AS...and even if she did, I'm sure she's in no place emotionally herself to explain to her son why my son may be saying some things that may come off as pretty rude or uncaring. Thank you so much!!! Miranda (13) ny (11) R.J. (7) Beth (6) Trying to control children by yelling is as utterly futile as attempting to steer a car by honking the horn. (http://www.winzy.com/f/erikac) (http://www.thefreelot.com/?a=becalhoun98) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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