How to Help With My Daughter's Broken Heart
A broken heart is something nearly everyone encounters at least once in her life. Dealing with the loss of one's first love is especially difficult. This is a learning experience that will help shape your daughter into who she is and how she reacts to men in the future. It is important that you be there for your daughter during this time of self-growth. Help your daughter address her grief before it turns into depression, which can be seriously detrimental to her health.
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Give your daughter some space. Directly after a breakup, she probably wants to be alone for a while. Trying to communicate about the breakup might cause tension, anger and resentment towards you. Allow her a few days to reflect and let her come to you.
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Sit and talk to your daughter when you think she's ready. Start the conversation by relating to the breakup. Maybe tell her about your first love and how it went sour. Tell her how you felt and what you did to get over it. Getting your daughter to relate to you right now is the most important part of getting her to take your advice.
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Take your daughter out to a movie, dinner or anything you like to do together. Make a girls night of it. Go shopping and let her spend more than you normally would allow. Because getting a new look can help anyone get over a breakup. It will give her more confidence and more self-esteem and help her feel better about herself in general. This is great because often a breakup leaves a girl feeling ugly, worthless or less than she was when she had the guy around.
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Allow her to talk on the phone as long as she wants to for a while. Talking to friends is a good way for your daughter to get her feelings out and begin to heal emotionally. So for now, drop the rules about phone time if you have any.
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Give advice about things your daughter can do to help keep her mind off the breakup. Tell her to keep a journal, take the dog for a walk, go out with friends or join a club or sport.
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Tips & Warnings
Offer to be there for your daughter when ever she needs to talk.
If you notice a change in behavior, such as lashing out, not eating, depression or suicidal thoughts in your daughter, seek therapy or immediate medical advice.
If your daughter tells you she has chest pains, take her seriously and seek medical attention. There is a real disease called "broken heart syndrome," and, in rare cases, it can be fatal.
References
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