Dear LK: How should I talk to my kids about their incarcerated uncle?

Life Kit

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🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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My brother-in-law was convicted of murder and is serving a life sentence. We haven't shared any of these details with our kids, ages 7 and 9. When should we tell our children where he is and what he did?

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0:00.0	Today on the show, my brother-in-law was sentenced to life in prison.
0:04.4	My kids love him and keep asking why he hasn't come home.
0:07.2	What do we tell them?
0:08.2	Dear life kit.
0:09.2	Dear life kit.
0:10.2	Dear life kit.
0:11.2	Dear life kit.
0:12.2	I have a question for you.
0:14.2	This is Dear Life kit.
0:16.2	From NPR.
0:17.2	How can I become a better caretaker?
0:18.8	How do I deal with my parents' unrealistic expectations?
0:22.4	And we're getting personal.
0:24.8	I'm catching feelings for someone, but they're married.
0:29.2	I'm your host, Andy Tagle.
0:31.0	Every episode, we answer one of your most pressing and intimate, anonymous questions
0:35.0	with expert advice.
0:36.6	The earlier you start to introduce the difficulties of something,
0:41.4	impacting the entire family, the better it is.
0:45.0	That's Janette Bedding Court, an expert in children's early learning and development.
0:49.4	She comes to us from Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street,
0:53.2	where she's the senior vice president for U.S. social impact.
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