Talking with Your Kids About Suicide: A Gospel-Centered Framework

About this episode

Elizabeth Urbanowicz discusses how to talk to children about suicide in a truthful and compassionate way grounded in the gospel.

How do you explain death by suicide to elementary-aged kids without creating unnecessary fear? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz walks through how to talk about suicide in a way that is truthful, age appropriate, and grounded in the hope of the gospel. She also shares a framework for helping children process the suicide of a family member or loved one with honesty, compassion, and biblical clarity.

People in this episode

Guest: Elizabeth Urbanowicz

Topics covered

• suicide
• children
• gospel
• death
• mental health

Keywords

• suicide
• children
• gospel
• mental health
• death
• family
• compassion

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