如何帮助孩子处理悲伤情绪？

While it’s not easy to discuss sadness with kids, at some point, we all need to talk about it—whether it’s about the loss of a family member, friend, or pet. So how can you support your children during difficult times? Here are some tips for you. Hope they’ll be helpful.

Encourage Your Children to Share Their Feelings with You

Listen, comfort, and tell your children that they are loved and have your full support. Think carefully when they ask you questions. Be truthful and calm when you answer their questions. Sadness is an ongoing process that happens over time. Remember to check with them often to see how they’re doing and feeling.

Offer a Creative Way of Expressing Sadness

Your children can express those hard-to-share feelings by drawing, writing, or creating a memory box to remind them of their connections to their loved one. Such creative displays are physical reminders of how important that loved one is in your family’s history and life.

Read Stories That Lead to Conversations

Reading Children’s books is an excellent tool to help deal with feelings like sadness and loss. Two new books that you can get this fall worth adding to your family bookshelves are Calling the Wind and Where Did Poppy Go? Also, you can ask your local children’s bookstore for more suggestions.

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It takes a lot of caring people to support families in great sadness. Try to reach out to support groups and organizations. You and your children are not alone. There are plenty of kindnesses around the world.

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1.What does the underlined word “ongoing” mean?

A Continuing to develop.

B Disappearing quickly.

C Suddenly starting.

D Hardly changing.

解析：选A。A词义猜测题。根据划线词所在句的后文“that happens over time. Remember to check with them often to see how they’re doing and feeling.”可知，悲伤情绪是一个“持续发展的”过程，所以作者紧接着建议要经常查看孩子的状态和感受。故选A。

2.Kids can let off their sad feelings by___________.

A asking questions

B taking pictures

C keeping a diary

D staying in a box

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“Your children can express those hard-to-share feelings by drawing, writing, or creating a memory box to remind them of their connections to their loved one.”可知，孩子们可以通过画画、写作、或者创建一个记忆盒来表达自己的感受。C项的“记日记”属于写作这方面。故选C。

3.Why did the writer mention Calling the Wind and Where Did Poppy Go?

A To remind us to be calm.

B To make us recall our sadness.

C To advise us to read these books.

D To show us kindness in the world.

解析：选C。C推理判断题。根据第四段第一句“Reading Children’s books is an excellent tool to help deal with feelings like sadness and loss.”可知，读一些儿童书籍可以帮助孩子处理消极情绪，紧接着作者推荐了两本适合的书，即建议读者读这两本书。故选C。

4.Which of the following can be put in “ △ ”?

A Understand that Children’s Sadness is Different

B Spend More Time With Your Children

C Tell Your Children Some Stories about Loss

D Ask for Help When You and Your Children Need It

解析：选D。D段落大意题。根据最后一段的“caring people to support families”“are not alone”“plenty of kindnesses”可知，作者在本段建议“向外界寻求帮助”。故选D。

5.Who is the passage written for?

A Parents.

B Children.

C Old people.

D Teachers.

解析：选A。A推理判断题。根据全文内容及关键词“your children”可知，本文是写给父母的。故选A。