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Happy Mum Happy Baby

Cariad Lloyd on talking to children about death

Happy Mum Happy Baby

Giovanna Fletcher

Kids & Family

4.85.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

This week Giovanna is joined by comedian and actor Cariad Lloyd.


Cariad is also the creator and host of the award-winning podcast Griefcast. She shares with Gi the profound impact of losing her father unexpectedly as a teenager and how that experience has shaped her life and work.


They also discuss the importance of language when talking about death and Cariad explains how she has approached conversations about her dad with her own children.


Look out for Cariad's debut picture book Where Did She Go?, a reassuring resource for any parent worried about discussing grief and death with their little one.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on Happy Mom, Happy Baby.

0:04.0

Like any conversation with a child, it's practice.

0:06.9

So the first time I had to say to my daughter, when she was like, oh, where's my grandpa?

0:10.7

And I was like, he's dead.

0:12.3

The first time I had to say that, 100% gee, I was like, I went to another room.

0:17.2

The second time I did it, it wasn't that bad.

0:20.3

The third time I did it is fine. With my bad. The third time I did it is fine.

0:22.3

With my son, he's like, Grandpa Peter's dead. Yeah, he's dead. Yeah, he's dead, isn't he? Yeah.

0:27.7

Yeah, he's dead. Yeah, he's dead. There's so many cases of being told they've gone to a better place

0:33.6

and like a child obsessively looking for them or thinking that they can see them.

0:37.9

So they worry that if I'm naughty, do they see me?

0:40.5

Do they know what I'm up to?

0:41.5

Especially when you're a teenager and some of those your dad's watching over you.

0:44.5

Is he?

0:45.4

How much is he?

0:47.1

Because I don't want him to see some of this stuff.

0:49.8

The sonographer said, because I've written on your notes, I strongly recommend this woman

0:53.6

does not

0:54.3

attempt to have this child vaguely. Really? He was so big. It took two men to take him out.

0:59.8

He could hold his head up from like day two, honestly. I call him beefy baby. That's what I call

1:04.9

him. He looked like a rugby player. This podcast is sponsored by the Pyrex brand, the number one for resistance on glass cookware.

1:14.0

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