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Every family faces transitions.
There are the joyful occasions of birth, the marriage of a parent or adult child, or a move to a new home. There are also the painful realities that can strain family relationships, such as a child's chronic or emergency health problems or the death of a family member. Family structures develop, evolve and change. Parents may be tempted to shield their children, to protect them from upsetting transitions, for example, the death of a grandparent. But, as kind as it may seem, pretending that everything is normal teaches children to hide pain.