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.