Pediatric psychiatrist, Dr. Elena Lister: “It’s very, very hard to imagine because it just breaks our hearts that our child knows they are facing death. But most children sense it.” Elena provides concrete suggestions and language for how to open up the conversation and be in it gently and honestly. “If you don’t name it, you can’t offer comfort. I have not once come across in all my clinical years a parent who regretted telling them. But they need to feel prepared to deal with what happens after.”