--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <snip> > > > > What you described is the way that Tibetans I knew > > > > in Santa Fe raised their kids. Those kids were among > > > > the happiest and most well-adjusted I've ever met. > > > > > > It also isn't what I was talking about anyway. Death/not-death > > > isn't part of the processing thing, as far as I can tell, at > > > least not past the age where kids learn to talk in sentences. > > > > I'm not positive, but I'll bet it's closely related. > > My son was very young when one of his pets died. VERY young. He > wanted his pet to come back and I informed him that we couldn't do > that because all living things eventually die. He cried "But NOT > us!" > > I gave him a hug and explained, "even us, but not for a really, > really, REALLY long time..." > > He calmed down after a while.
Bless him...and you. Obviously a lot of kids *have* to deal with death at a very early age. But sometimes their mental concepts of it are, well, highly imaginative. Doesn't matter, if it gets 'em through the night. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
