4 ways that parents can help children cope with the confusing end to their school year
Rituals provide societies honored methods of coming together to celebrate accomplishments, to mark commitments, and to say goodbye. We know to throw our caps in the air at graduation, to walk down an aisle at a wedding, and to shed tears and bow heads at a funeral.
Ambiguous loss is a term coined by Pauline Boss, a University of Minnesota professor, to describe significant losses that cannot be resolved, such as a loved one who is missing in action in war or a child who has been abducted and is still missing. Ambiguous loss can be considered as a lens for what we are going through now. We like to have certainty and now we do not.
How can families support their children in responding to the ambiguity of these endings? Here are a few suggestions:Boss emphasizes that coping with ambiguous loss often requires us to recognize that it is not possible to be in control of the situation or to resolve the sense of uncertainty. Instead, we can learn new ways to live with both the virtual presence of people and their physical absence. We can agree that we are missing milestones while, at the same time, accepting new opportunities.
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