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[quote=Anonymous]My BIL died and my parents dog died within a month of each other earlier this year when my kid was 3.5. All of our family is local so these were big losses to my kiddo. We told her basically the truth - most people/pets die when they get very old and their bodies don’t work any more, and some times people get the worst kind of sick medicine can’t fix (aka cancer). This has brought up stuff we are still having to sort out (today’s is where is uncle larlo’s body? Where do body’s go when they die?). It’s been hard and some tears, and some awkward family moments when DC’s tone doesn’t fit or she brings up the loss out of the blue to his immediate family (cousin, your daddy died, I miss uncle larlo, or grandma the dog is DEAD). All that to say it sounds like you are saying some of the right stuff and it’s normal in our experience to have tons and tons of processing once the topic of death comes up. [/quote]
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