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#889 Talking to Your Kids About a Suicide
*Content warning: mature themes - listener discretion advised*
How do you talk to your kids when they are touched by the profound loss of a loved one through a suicide? These hard conversations must be had openly with your children - with kindness, compassion, and empathy. Your job is NOT to tell them everything, but to answer their questions honestly, in an age-appropriate way.
Topics in this episode:
Protecting children from pain
Limited evidence for how to have these conversations
Keep your reactions level
National Centre for Childhood Grief
Keep the conversation age/developmentally…
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