Single parents need to keep the lines of communication open with grieving children. Some children resist communication. Keep trying.

Single parents need to be available to talk to grieving children without preaching.

Single Parents, Grief, and Communication.
By Pat McChristie

Be prepared for your child to reject your efforts to communicate or help. Your daughter may say she is fine or your son might ask you to leave him alone. Don't give up. Keep talking with your child as often as he/she will permit it.

Be available to talk without preaching.  Keep channels of communication open and non-judgmental.

Listen to your child's concerns without saying he/she is wrong to have these normal feelings. Then try to soothe his/her fears.

When you are a single parent, it is important to keep the lines of communication open with grieving children.

But what if your child will not talk to you at all?

Keep looking for opportunities.

One single parent said she found that sitting in the den early on Saturday and Sunday mornings, alone, no other siblings around, gave her the best opportunity to talk to her uncommunicative child.

Unfortunately, mutual children are the ties that bind parents together for life.