Helping Children Understand Life’s Difficult Moments
Developmentally appropriate tools for families and professionals navigating serious illness, dying, death, grief, and other difficult experiences.
18 Years in Child Life • Certified Child Life Specialist • Certified Grief Counselor
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I Have Something to Tell You is an interactive, coloring-book-style resource designed to help adults talk with children when someone they love is in the hospital and is dying or has died.
Using clear, developmentally appropriate language and interactive activities, it gives children space to understand what is happening, ask questions, and express their thoughts and feelings.
Recommended for ages 4–8 with adult guidance.
Uses clear, concrete language to explain dying and death to children
Guides adults with interactive prompts for children to draw, write, and respond
Designed for situations when someone is hospitalized and is dying or has died