The Sentinels they suggest a second opinion

Where was her mother or father to take on such a hard topic? Rowan frowned when she looked down at the child, realizing what she was complaining about and knowing that she could do nothing. Even with her various gifts she could do nothing to bring something back from the dead. Surely if she could she would have brought Lasher back. "No, sweetheart." She said softly. "This one - this one is dead. Gone. It lives no more, not like you and I do - like your mother and father and siblings." 

She sat down, watching the child to see what her reaction was. No doubt it would lead to more questions, more hard issues to process.