re: Tips for dealing with young kids and "traumatic" experiences?

my youngest was that age when our old dog died. it wasn't violent or tramatic like that, but his breathing changed and he started to try to find a place to hide, so I knew. I wound up telling my boys, about 3 and 5 at the time, that Miles was going to die and we needed to go say goodbye and give him hugs, etc. They took it well, and the young one still mentions missing him from time to time, but in a sweet, not sad way.

kids are tough and/or too young to understand completely, which helps. she'll be fine. especially when you bring her a hooded cape made of coyote pelt and a coin purse made from yote scrote

eta: very much this

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The bigger you make it, the bigger it will be, and the bigger impact it will have on her.

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