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Scenario

How to Talk to Young Children About Death

My father died last month and my 8-year-old keeps asking when grandpa is coming back and I keep avoiding the conversation because I don't know how to explain death.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A parent's own grief collides with the responsibility to guide a child through loss.

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Rabia
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