Really? I'm surprised that it hasn't come up previously. Molly is only three, and lots of her friends talk about dying - apparently if you drive too fast, you have an accident, and then you die, and then mummy and daddy cry ve-ry much.

I guess it's one of those questions that comes up sooner or later. The one thing I would encourage is that you try to avoid comparing it to sleeping. Lots of children become quite disturbed at the idea of going to sleep if they think there is a possiblity they mightn't wake up.