Support For Children Of Missing, Searchers, Friends

[SeriouslySearching]

Brett Adam and other Cooper friends said they were dealing with how to explain the situation to their own children. Adam said that when he told his preschool-age son that Cooper was lost, the child asked, "Why doesn't she just turn around and come back?"

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/cri...y/1142058.html

This is such an innocent question and it made me stop to think of how we deal with not only the children of the missing, but other children involved in the situation. Maybe we need more information to be handed out to parents (searchers, friends, etc.) on how to answer questions when people go missing and/or are found deceased.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Originally Posted by NancyFriend (on the Nancy Cooper thread)
As it appears others on this board may have been through similar tragedies, does anyone have advice on what to say to small children when they ask about Miss Nancy? Particularly the 3 year old to 6 year old range.

The children's book, Heaven Has A Floor, I recommend highly. This was given to my daughter when she lost her father and it was a tremendous help to her. She still has her copy and buys others for people who have children going through the experience of having lost a parent or loved one. http://www.amazon.com/Heaven-Has-Flo.../dp/0803737092

 

[Drama Queen]

I hope that I am posting in the right place. This is nice video on behalf of missing children that I thought would bring hope.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU0gCX3S2z8

 

[legalmania]

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