Helping a 9-Year-Old Cope with Loss

Guest blogger Role Mommy shares how her daughter recently coped with losing her favorite teacher.

When I heard the news about Cameron Diaz losing her own dad suddenly and the tips Mom•Logic offered to help adults cope, I began to reflect on a tragic loss my own daughter faced this week when her beloved Hebrew school teacher, and her husband, a well-respected Rabbi in our community, died in a house fire caused by a bolt of lightning.

The morning after this tragic occurrence, my daughter was preparing to celebrate her 9th birthday, and as we went to pick up her photo cake, I received a call from a friend who shared the horrific news with me. My husband and I contemplated telling our daughter right in the fruit and vegetable aisle, but then decided we'd move to a quieter place to tell her what happened. And so, after we put the groceries in the trunk, we closed the car doors and broke the news. Keep Reading...

Church Turns Child into Monster?

Jackie's Mom•Logic: I grew up Catholic, but my son's a practicing narcissist.

Narcissism is a common trait in 3-year-olds, right? It's not their fault--at that age, the world really is all about them. But isn't it our job as Moms to show them that there's more to life than their needs and teach them to be mindful of that?

I decided it was time to bring my little guy Jacob to church--and to be perfectly honest, make an appearance there myself on a day that wasn't actually a holiday. So off we went...

When it was time for the reading, I picked up Jacob and whispered, "That man is going to tell us a very important story." Little did I know, the day I picked for our church-going debut was the day the reading was all about 'the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well'. My son smiled smugly while listening intently to the story he thought was being told especially for him.

Oh well, I tried.