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How to answer children's questions when your own faith is uncertain

My eight-year-old asks me if Grandpa can see us from heaven and I realize I don't actually know what I believe about any of that anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Parental responsibility to provide spiritual guidance is complicated by personal theological confusion following loss.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief and faith — when loss challenges belief?”

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