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How do you explain death to a teenager?
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April 13th, 2011
My ex-father-in-law on the US mainland is dying. He will probably not make it through today. My ex-wife is there with one of our daughters, and the younger daughter is here with me. The one here with me is 13.
She hasn’t spent any time with her maternal grandfather and doesn’t really know him. The distance has been too great, and the expense of flying too high.
What do I say to her?
She knows grandpa is very sick, and I’ve said that “it looks like he won’t get better,” but what do I say when it’s final?
We also have a son who’s 20. He’s taking it stoically.
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