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When secular explanations fail to comfort children

My eight-year-old asked why bad things happen to good people and I gave him some answer about randomness but he looked so lost and I wondered if I should have just said God has a plan.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Honest uncertainty can feel like inadequate parenting when children need meaning more than truth.

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