Parenting - How to talk to children about death

From Nine To Noon, 11:30 am on 19 June 2025

Whether it is a close family member someone they don't personally know like a famous person who has died, children experience death and parents will be asked about it.

But what is the right thing to say, especially at a time when a parent is often going through their own grief?

Benjamin Jensen is a grief counsellor at Skylight Trust - an organisation that helps families dealing with grief. 

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