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How to help a young child understand death

My 6-year-old asks me every day when Grandpa is coming back and I don't know how to keep explaining death to someone who thinks love means forever.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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A parent must somehow convey that love transcends physical presence while honoring a child's concrete understanding of the world.

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