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Is daddy coming back in a minute? : explaining (sudden) death in words very young children can understand

Elke Barber

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Publish date: 20 November 2023

Summary

Alex and his father are on a boys-only weekend when his father has a heart attack. Alex finds someone to call the ambulance, but his father dies on the way to hospital. His mother comes to get him and explains why his daddy can't come back.

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Updated: 20 November 2023

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