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How to discuss death when you're not sure what happens

My 5-year-old asks why grandma had to die and I realize I don't know what I believe about death or heaven or anything, so I just keep saying 'I don't know' to everything.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Children's questions about mortality force us to confront our own unresolved beliefs about existence and meaning.

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