Talking about Suicide

I should say this article was one of the hardest for me to write, but that’s not true. This article was very easy to write because it is SO very important. Several years ago I was given an incredible opportunity take a class on “The Birds and the Bees.” Literally! I attended a workshop led by Birds & Bees, an amazing team of women who teach parents how to talk to their kids about sex, starting at a very young age. What they had to say made so much sense to me, and I took those same concepts and applied them to all sort of hard topics in life, perhaps none as hard as suicide and suicide prevention. I wrote this article, including a transcript from a real conversation I had with my son, and I hope you’ll take a minute to read it and starting thinking about how you can approach the topic of mental health in your family.

When Kids Ask the Hard Questions: How to Talk to Young Kids About Suicide