What to say to 4 year old???

Empty Arms said:

Simply explain what happened to the baby after it died. If you are a Christian, this part of the conversation can teach your child spiritual truth that will bring great encouragement. You might want to say something like this, "Susie, when you were born into this world, you were born into a body and your person lives inside your body. Your body is just a shell or an outside covering for your person on the inside. You have a healthy shell or a healthy outside covering. When Shelly was born (or concieved) she didn't have an outside healthy body. But she was still a person on the inside. Shelly's body died, but her inside person is in heaven now. The Bible teaches us that when our outside body dies, our inside person goes to be with God in heaven. And that's where Shelly's inside person is now...We all miss her, we'll all get to see her in heaven.

It is wise to guard against saying such things as, "God took the baby to heaven." In a child's mind, that might cause unnecessary fears about the possibility of God taking mom or dad (or the child himself) to heaven now, too.

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