The Burden of Knowing: How to Disclose Ambiguous Loss to Children
Category: PARENTING
After an ambiguous loss, as after a parent's death, it is helpful for the remaining parent to tell the truth, in a timely way, in a manner tailored to the child's developmental capacity, and in limited detail.
By Nancy Rappaport, Contributor
Associate professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 2013-05-16