Telling small children

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Any recommendations for how best to tell small children (2-5) about death when a parent has died?

Water Bugs and Dragonfiles: Explaining Death to Young Children (Looking Up)

This is a good book about explaining death... Not entirely sure how you could break the news though surely that has to be the hardest thing to do x

A two year old wouldn't understand at all. As stark as it sounds a mummy/ daddy gone is enough. ( Nothing to stop you keeping the memory alive by showing photos etc) The older one - explanation by telling about the illness in advance and they will become more poorly and then what happens to things, pets,flowers and people .
Sorry to hear this is happening.

Please take professional advice on this.

Has the parent already died? That is wholly different to preparing a child for an expected death but in both cases it is vital to use very simple language.

Winstons wish and hospice teams etc can give really good support.