Ep 255: Sissy Goff: What Do I Say When Kids Ask About Death? | Levi + Jennie Lusko | Hey! It's The Luskos

Ep 255: Sissy Goff: What Do I Say When Kids Ask About Death? | Levi + Jennie Lusko | Hey! It's The Luskos

October 21, 2026 · 50 min

Your kid sobs one minute and asks to go play the next, and nothing is wrong with them. Counselor Sissy Goff explains why children grieve in doses, like holding their breath underwater, and why even a six-month-old feels the loss. Levi and Jennie share the ice rink moment when two-year-old Daisy spotted a girl with Lenya's hair, plus Levi's one complaint about Sissy's new book: it wasn't written 15 years ago. Bonus: slalom water skiing at 32 mph.

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Time Stamps:

00:00:00 – Wedding dance floors, Hopetown, and Sissy's one-ski slalom flex

00:11:12 – Levi's only complaint: this book wasn't written 15 years ago

00:20:19 – Grief vs. mourning, and what a six-month-old knows

00:24:45 – Daisy at the ice rink: "Where's my sister?"

00:30:01 – Post-traumatic growth: blessed are those who mourn

00:34:07 – Grieving in doses: the swimming lungs analogy