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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why woukd you need to discuss these deaths with a young kid?

The only person on that list that kids know and care about is Princess Leia.

Since she looked very old to them in the Force Awakens, you just need to say "Yes, she was very old and her heart stopped working" if it comes up in conversation. Nothing more.

George Michaels means nothing to kids. They have no idea who he is and he is not enough of a star to have been on any kid's radar.

They won't know who those other people are either.[/quote]

Don't speak for everyone, please.

My child, age 6, knows who Prince, George Michael, and Carrie Fisher are. Also Bowie, who kicked off the celebrity death year. Telling a child "Yes, she was very old and her heart stopped working" opens the door for "She's the same age as Grandma!" and "But Mommy, YOU'RE really old!"

You can explain that people die from a lot of things. For example, DD's great-grandmother (who she is named after) died of cancer. David Bowie died of cancer. So when she asked how David Bowie died, we told her, "He had cancer like your great-grandma, and the doctors were not able to save him." She knows what a heart attack is, so when she heard DH mention to me that Carrie Fisher died, I told her, "She had a heart attack."

In any case, your comment is not relevant to a lot of kids.[/quote]

Your kid knows who those people are but he doesn't care.  There is not reason to bring this up.  He is a kid. Those are just some old people that mom listens to. no need to fill him with more information than developmentally appropriate.

And yes, old people die. Kids know that. [/quote]

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