Topic: How to explain to a 5 year old about death? Posted By: Deb Date: 08 Aug 2001 10:56 PM
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Subject: How to explain to a 5 year old about death From: April Lyons Date: 07 Jul 2002 1:18 AM
That I must say is the hardest subject of all.You will have to answer
questions like When will I see them again?Where do they go when they
die?Why won't they wake up?Will I die some day?Will you die some day?
and so on.NEVER tell your child they are just asleep or you will face
many restless night because he/she will not want to sleep in fear of
never waking up.Just tell them it is a part of the circle of life we
are born we live and we die.It all depends on religion also
Reincarnation belivers just say that they were ready to go on to a new
life in a healthier body.Christians just say that God needed him/her
for a very special mission.Athiests I do not belive I can be of much
help just that the body had to return to the earth.It will help a child
to cope better by telling them that no one knows when they will die it
is a process unknown to us but when the time comes there will be peace.
