How can children be taught about death and serious illness? | Mental health

Arnsberg, Germany – The children at Kita Entenhausen Bruchhausen, a kindergarten in Arnsberg, West Germany, are playing on the swings. When they are called back inside, some protest, but they perk up when they realise that it is reading time. Anni Kunkenrenken, a 75-year-old volunteer at the kindergarten, welcomes them inside with a picture book which she reads about opa (grandpa in German), who