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    Karen Southall April 26, 2025 Stay at Home Parent

    So where do you draw the line and how far do you go with explaining ‘what’s outside their bubble’? What is the age rating on the atrocities of life?

    How I Talked to my Kids about the Death of a Parent

    Karen Southall October 12, 2023 Loss

    Telling my young kids their father had died was probably the worst thing I have ever had to do.

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