I have a younger brother (almost ten). When I was in hospital last year he obviously knew something was up so I told him the basics. I asked him if he knew what depression was. His reply was "isn't that when you're sad all the time" (so cute :) ), so we talked about that for a bit and I told him that some people do stupid things when their depressed etc. He hasn't really seen my cuts properly, but he knows and has glimpsed. Kids are smarter than you think.
I think you should emphasis that it's a stupid thing to do though (subtlety) because she probably looks up to you.
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