When adults don't explain death, children explain it to themselves.
And they rarely get it right.
They decide it was their fault. That it might be catching. That if they are very, very good, it won't happen again.
This week I'm joined by Dr Robin Goodman - psychologist, art therapist and one of the most respected voices in childhood grief and trauma - for a conversation about what children actually need from us when someone dies.
How they understand death at different ages. Why there is always an honest version. What to do when grief shows up as tantrums, or as suspiciously perfect behaviour. And why the parents who worry most about getting it wrong are usually the ones already getting it right.
