# @raisingculturesfamily on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DeepB98R6mv
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71677625-raisingculturesfamily-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-10-14T14:52:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Keia Jones Baldwin (@raisingculturesfamily) — https://gondola.cc/raisingculturesfamily

## Caption

This morning, Boosie asked me about death and dying, and it reminded me how differently children understand and process death. As parents, our instinct is often to protect our children from difficult conversations. But the reality is, children are thinking about these things whether we’re discussing them or not. Depending on their age and development, children may not fully understand the permanence of death. And sometimes their questions aren’t rooted in fear, but simply curiosity. 

As a therapist and a mother, I believe these conversations deserve honesty, patience, and age-appropriate explanations. We don’t have to have all the answers, but we should create a safe space for the questions. Our discomfort with death shouldn’t become our children’s inability to talk about it.
Protecting our children doesn’t always mean shielding them from difficult realities. Sometimes it means helping them understand those realities without fear.

Have your children asked about death and dying? How did you navigate that conversation? #raisingcultures #parenting #childdevelopment

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parenting, childdevelopment, raisingcultures

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