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[quote=Anonymous]I always want my children to hear any difficult or scary information from me, so I would definitely be telling my children. And I have…my cousin died when my kids were early elementary age. I explained it similar to 18:34. Except I did not talk about an illness. I didn’t want them to be scared they might die when they were sick. They had only met my cousin a few times, and it was not traumatic for them. They were sad for me. Since then, additional closer family members have died, which have been much more difficult, but I have always been honest, in an age appropriate way, and answered all questions they had. Sometimes my answer was… I don’t know. I’m sorry for your loss. [/quote]
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