This is how Kristen Bell explained death to her children
Kristen Bell is open about her rather unconventional approach to parenting and transparency with her children.
While discussing how her show "The Good Place" hits on topics that many wouldn't know how to discuss with kids, during an appearance on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" Thursday, the actress was asked if she's managed to approach these subjects with her kids in her own life.
Bell shared that she and her husband, Dax Shepard, have discussed matters like death with their 5-year-old Delta and 6-year-old Lincoln.
"Our daughter, when she was five said, 'Am I gonna die?' and we both, like, the air got sucked out of the room and we were like, 'This is it. What do we do?!' There are so many roads. Like, do we make up a story? Do we say we don't know? Do we say we know and then actually not know?" she shared.
"And we just said, 'Yes, you're gonna die.' And she went, 'Ugh…' And then we said, 'And we really don't know what happens when you die. You may just become flowers,'" she continued.
"And she went…'Ok' and we were so relieved because we did make a commitment never to lie to them," she added. "And it's controversial because they asked about Santa Claus, and I was like, 'I'm not gonna lie to you.'"
Bell said that because of how open she and her husband are with their kids, she feels their daughters "have adopted this very practical sense about the world."
She also shared a story about how her daughter reacted when she realized her grandfather, who has since passed, was dying.
"When Papa dies, are we going to come to Oregon with you?" Bell shared her daughter asked her. After telling her 'yes,' her daughter then asked, "Do you need me to bring my shovel? Because I have a garden set."
"I said, 'Why would you pack your shovel, honey?'" Bell continued. "She goes, 'Well, I want to help bury him. Where do we do it? The side of the house or..."
She added that her daughter was "so practical" and "wanted to help."
