WHEN A PET DIES
Saying goodbye to a beloved family pet, and breaking the news to your little one can be a heartbreaking and agonising experience for everyone involved. Because whether it be a budgie, a goldfish, a snake or a dog, “Most children just love animals and are very close to their pets,” says Jodi Lord, a Cape Town based registered counsellor specialising in play therapy.
To complicate matters further, children who are 3 years and under often aren’t properly able to grasp the concept of death, and they usually don’t have the skills to cope with it, as it often hasn’t
