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When your child fears inherited death

My daughter asked if she's going to die young too because cancer runs in families and I don't know how to be honest without traumatizing her.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Genetic reality creates existential terror in a child already processing loss, forcing parents to balance honesty with age-appropriate hope.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Children and grief — supporting young people?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.