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Originally Posted by Erti
So my roommates daughter who just turned 6 this year and was 5 years old when her (great) grandfather passed away. She came to me crying saying she missed Papa. I gave her a hug and told her that it’s ok. It gets me thinking how do young children comprehend death. My roommates aren’t religious and don’t really believe in Jesus and for the most part atheist. How do you teach a child about death? What’s appropriate for their ages?
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I had significant grief when I was young - I lost two grandparents when I was relatively young. I think the best way to comfort them is just to hug them and say it'll be okay. Sometimes it can help to put things in perspective but I don't know about at that age. It could be too young to tell them anything about life & death, you know. Maybe divert the child's attention to a fun game whenever they think of something so heavy? Just throwing out ideas.
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