Parents can explain to a child ...

Parents can explain to the child, which is also contracted the virus, just not so, from which children suffer from colds. This virus is not going away, so sometimes mom / dad feels bad "and could not play with you", or "why mom or dad should go to the hospital that doctors gave them medication, which they will feel better." When the child grows, you can tell him the name of this virus, if appropriate. Older children and adolescents can report similar information based on their understanding of the nature of the disease, bodily functions, and discuss the problems of drugs and sex. Other children and teens can get this information to the media or in discussions about HIV in school. Sometimes, on the basis of this information, sometimes on the basis of knowledge about the past of their parents, children can guess that their family members infected with HIV. What can you tell a child, also depends on verbal and nonverbal signs that indicate how the child copes with the new information. For example, a child may be upset, walk away from the conversation or change the subject, or to escape from the room. Parents should talk to children about the importance of keeping this information secret. This means that a child should know who else in the know and with whom you can talk about it. Children should be told that they must not tell anyone this under any circumstances. We need to find an explanation in accordance with their age, why should not they tell others about it, for example, say that some people do not think about HIV and because of this can be trouble. The reaction of children to information about what the family is HIV-infected children respond differently when they know that someone from the family members infected with HIV. Because adult children's response may be unpredictable, parents should consult with specialists who have experience working with children and young people, and get their support. The reaction of children to such information depends on the age, ability to express their point of view, permits a senior family members, as well as on the ability of children to think. Some parents need help, because they can not assume that children may respond negatively to such information. So parents need help to relate their own sorrowful reaction after he was reported to the diagnosis, with the reaction of children. The reaction of children, as indeed, adults can emerge over time. They may experience grief because of feelings of loss of a loved one, even though he actually still alive. They may feel that their normal family life stops. They can constantly be thinking about a dying relative, may lose their sense of stability and security of living in the parental home, losing the usual contact with relatives who are infected with HIV. If the child is infected with HIV, he may lose hope for the future that he will someday be a family, work or education. For some children, realizing that someone from their family members is infected with HIV, the message this will cause a relief because of their guesses were confirmed and no longer need to pretend that they know nothing.