When the time is right it can prove very meaningful to the parent to hear others express what the deceased child meant.

What to say to a child who lost their father. Share a favorite memory or connection with the child. Open strong and say something from your heart. To lose your father is to lose the one whose guidance and help you seek who supports you like a tree trunk supports its branches -Yann Martel Let me tell you he is the hole in my heart.

I am deeply and sincerely sorry for the loss of your father. A teenager once said a friend of his father had told him Im here for you and that this was the best thing anyone could do for him. Directly celebrate the father who passed away especially if you knew the man and have the mothers support.

What to Say to A Grieving Child. Any of the words we have provided are great to tell a friend who has lost a parent. Dreams about meeting my father.

Losing a parent can be hard but if you have friends who are there for you and tell you comforting words you can feel comforted and loved. Compliment the one who is gone. His loss is my scar.

Fathers who have a seriously ill child have lost a child to miscarriage or whose child died may always have a part of their hearts reserved for that loss. Do not take your child for granted. Compliment the parents or the siblings.

He was a wonderful man and he will be sorely missed. My thoughts and prayers are with you and I want to offer my sincere condolences. It can also be hard for people whose own fathers are sick or have age-related memory issues.