S3/Ep 15: What Kids Need to Hear When Someone They Love Dies

What this episode covers

When death enters a family, most parents freeze — reaching for euphemisms, changing the subject, or shielding kids from grief entirely. But that silence does more harm than the conversation ever could. Dr. Elreacy Dock [https://www.elreacydock.com/]is a thanatologist, death educator, and professor of thanatology trained by David Kessler. In this episode, she helps parents talk to children about death, dying, and grief in ways that are honest, age-appropriate, and ultimately healing — from what to say to a four-year-old versus a teenager, to whether kids should attend funerals, to how to grieve alongside your child while processing your own loss.