How to Help a Child Remember a Loved One
Young children quickly forget faces and voices. Helping them hold onto the memory of a loved one is an important and kind task.
Preserve the voice and face
Record stories, gather photos and voice recordings. Later the child will be able to hear what their loved one was like, not only see them in a photo.
Tell stories
Share warm and funny moments regularly. Through stories the child comes to know the person's character, even if they barely knew them.
Include the child
Let the child add a drawing or a memory to the memory page. That way they become not an onlooker but a keeper of memory.
Memory grows with the child
What a small child can't understand now will become precious to them in years to come: a recorded voice, stories, photos. Preserved memory is a gift to the future adult who will want to know their loved one. So it's worth gathering, even when it seems "they're still too little."
- Preserve the voice and face in advance.
- Tell warm stories regularly.
- Include the child in keeping memory.
- It's a gift to the future adult.
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