No one wants to scare or hurt their children. I know lots of parents who think that, because their kids are unusually anxious or sensitive, they need to avoid talking about death. The reality is that there is no great time to tell a child that they will die, and that so will everyone they love. The longer you wait, though, the harder it gets\u2014and the more likely it becomes that your child will imbibe harmful information from some other source.