Tag: pet loss
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Losing a Pet: How to Help Your Toddler Cope with Death
Read more Losing a beloved pet can be particularly challenging for young children, who may struggle to understand the concept of death. As a parent, it’s important to find the right way to explain this loss to your toddler. You might be tempted to soften the blow with a little white lie—like saying, “Max ran…
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A Bird’s Final Resting Place: A Family’s Unconventional Goodbye
Get Pregnant Fast For several months, our family has been storing a deceased parakeet in our freezer. Tucked away in a dryer sheet, she resides next to our tub of vanilla ice cream and a bag of frozen corn. Each time I reach for ice, I can’t help but contemplate how to say farewell to…