To ask how you tell a child that their grandparent died?

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This may seem daft, but I’m struggling with how to word this to a six year old.
He never met his grandfather, he died when I was 15.
I’ve googled how to talk about death to a child but the only advice I can find is when they have known the person... can anyone advise on ways to explain death to child about someone they have never met?
My son is asking a lot of questions recently about my dad and I want to sit him down and explain who he was and that fact that he’s no longer here... but how do I do that without causing anxiety about death?

How do I prevent him from worrying that his mum & dad are going to die?

You can’t. Everyone worries about this. This is the human condition. The only reason for children not to worry that their parents will die is that their parents are already dead.

All you can do is normalise it. “Everybody dies. Most people die when they are old. Mummy’s not old!”

The more I think about this I more I'm worrying about what you have already said. Did you say that grandfather lives in another country? That he doesn't want to see your son, that he's see in someday? I'm now worrying for a 6 year old child who might feel they can't trust their parent any more.

I mean you might not have said anything false or anything, so please don't assume that I'm automatically thinking you've done so or that I'm judging you for it if you have. I've seen people saying happy mum happy children here often enough, and although my real life tells me that is not always true, I realise it's most important for the child for the mother to be happy.

My 6 year old straight-talking nephew put his grandmother right when she was trying to explain the afterlife in a roundabout way. He sighed and said: 'Grandma, when you're dead, you're dead. Get used to it.' 😀