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13481649, How do you, and when do you, talk to your kids about difficult topics?
Posted by PROMO, Thu Mar-30-23 08:57 AM
I've been pondering this a lot lately.
My brother in law has terminal cancer. He probably has 6 months at most if we're lucky. Our 7 year old knows he's sick but he doesn't know that he's going to die.
This whole situation has also made me more aware of my own mortality, and I want my son to understand that one day, his mother and I won't be here either.
My wife and I have been debating how and when to tell him about his uncle
I've also been wondering about how to tell him about other tough parts of our current human condition.
I never want to keep things from him and I always want to be honest, but obviously I don't want to scare/scar him and take away hope from him.
How have you had these conversations with your children? Were there any helpful resources that you used? etc.
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