Could anyone who answers do it off the list. My daughter's ex-husband was an alcoholic and drug user. When things got way out of hand, DWI's Hit and Run - he hung himself a week ago so he wouldn't go to jail. Although they were divorced 3 years his family blame my daughter who always loved him but couldn't live with him under the circumstances. We were told by the family we couldn't go to the Memorial service after cremation. She is devastated that they hate her and blame her for his addictions and death. My grandson has been in counseling for three years and the counselor is away at present. We want this innocent five year old to live a normal life! Today he told his mother that so-and-so told him in school that his father hung himself with a rope. We didn't want him to know this! We told him his father drank too much beer and got sick and died. We never wanted him to know about the hanging at least not until he was an adult and maybe never. The question is how to handle the answer to the questions when he asks "Did Daddy hang himself with a rope?" "Is his skin falling off?" "My friends said Daddy wont go to heaven." I searched the net for info. Anyone know any real good books for toddlers and suicide issues? How do we tell a five year old his friends heard wrong about the hanging without them looking like liars. Please list, don't complain about these issues we are desperate. Thanks for advice of the list. Joe