Pet Loss and Children
Ross, Cheri Barton![Pet Loss and Children](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/202/20294554/CHSBZCOP0320294554.jpg)
Explaining the concept of death to a child is a very difficult, confusing, and uncomfortable experience for a parent, educator, or therapist, and it is a topic that is often first introduced by the loss of a pet - sometimes a child's earliest exposure to loss and grief. There is an undeniably special bond that develops between people and their pets, especially between animals and young children, and while the death of a pet can be devastating ...