01-15-2010, 08:00 PM
bam Wrote:Anyone have any ideas on how to explain to a 7 year old that his mom died from a drug overdose? It happened a few months ago, but we're just not finding out the cause and he wants to know. We're not sure what to tell him.
Tough one. At 7, I'd be inclined to just say "we don't know why." My aunt committed suicide when I was 9, and that's what they told me. However, in this case, he might be mad when he gets older and finds out that you lied to him. I would play in the mental illness spin: mommy was sick and wasn't thinking properly. She took too much medicine because her brain wasn't working properly. Something like that.
Snarg might have some good advice on this one.
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