When do you tell your children?

So we are a family of 3 trying to live with my Husbands brain tumour.  Things have been going pretty well  and he is very well in himself he is on watch and wait at the moment.  But the conversation of when to tell our daughter (6) keeps popping up.  She knows bits but not how serious this is or that he's going to die.  We are concerened about her over hearing it from someone else you know what children are like they are always trying to listen in to conversations!  I don't think we should discuss it with her yet but at the same time I don't like keeping it from her but my husband thinks sooner rather than later.  I feel very torn. This is so hard and unfair

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  • Tell them as soon as. Answer all questions truthfully. No need to mention any detail, simply answer the questions asked and let the answers be as detailed as necessary. Say you don't know when you don't know. Discuss things freely with adults when the children are there, rather than save such discussions for private time but only when such discussions happen naturally. Don't make a special effort to discuss just because the kids are there.

    The above is just my personal opinion and what I'd do/have done. Remember, I could be wrong.

     

    Best Regards

    Taff

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  • Tell them as soon as. Answer all questions truthfully. No need to mention any detail, simply answer the questions asked and let the answers be as detailed as necessary. Say you don't know when you don't know. Discuss things freely with adults when the children are there, rather than save such discussions for private time but only when such discussions happen naturally. Don't make a special effort to discuss just because the kids are there.

    The above is just my personal opinion and what I'd do/have done. Remember, I could be wrong.

     

    Best Regards

    Taff

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