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smarm · 02-15-2004, 08:15 AM

I have two young girls (Kindergarten and preschool age) and my oldest just had a personal experience losing someone she knew. A teacher at her school died in a car wreck. The school had a prayer service and shutdown for the rest of the day (it is a religious school.) Her mother and I spent the rest of the day answering her questions about what it meant to die.

We have had other friends who have had much worse experiences, a brother or a sister lost for example. We have been extremely luck to have been "untouched" by that kind of loss.

I am curious, how do others answer young childrens' questions about death?

02-15-2004, 08:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
smarm Insane	Teaching kids about death I have two young girls (Kindergarten and preschool age) and my oldest just had a personal experience losing someone she knew. A teacher at her school died in a car wreck. The school had a prayer service and shutdown for the rest of the day (it is a religious school.) Her mother and I spent the rest of the day answering her questions about what it meant to die. We have had other friends who have had much worse experiences, a brother or a sister lost for example. We have been extremely luck to have been "untouched" by that kind of loss. I am curious, how do others answer young childrens' questions about death?