I have to agree with Larry on this one. Although my daughter was older than your kids, I feel it was good to let her know ahead of time so she could say goodbye. There was a lot of dust in the room that day, that's for sure. Anyway, having a sense of closure is always a good thing in my mind.
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > Be honest. Tell the kids what is wrong and why. And they will need to say > good-bye. When Alexis was just a bit older we had to euthanize one of the > ferrets. That's how we handled it, she got the opportunity to say goodbye. > > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 1:36 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > So we have to put our dog down. My son is 4 and daughter 2, both just a > few > > months from turning 5 and 3. > > > > Should i tell them before I take the dog in, and explain that she won't > be > > coming back...so that they can say a goodbye? Would they feel > overwhelming > > sadness? I'm ok with them feeling sad that she's going away, but i don't > > want them to be emotionally wrecked. > > > > I think the 2 year old is probably young enough to just move on, but Ben > > will definitely know that he's going to lose his pet forever. > > > > I dunno...anyone had to deal with this at a similar age for their kids? > > > > I'm thinking I should either: > > > > 1) Tell them the day before i'm taking her in that she's leaving for good > > tomorrow, and they should say goodbye...then just answering their > questions > > honestly afterwards or > > 2) Not telling them before hand, and waiting until they ask where the dog > > is before explaining why she had to go away. > > > > Advice? > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369220 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
