http://boingboing.net/2012/12/17/talking-to-children-about-deat.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 10:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/17/talking-to-children-about-deat.html#comment-1610939 Loren Petersen Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200840#comment-1610939 At first glance I thought this was gonna be a video with some rockabilly chick talking about weed... At first glance I thought this was gonna be a video with some rockabilly chick talking about weed…

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/17/talking-to-children-about-deat.html#comment-1610648 robuluz Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200840#comment-1610648 That was really lovely. Thanks. That was really lovely. Thanks.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/17/talking-to-children-about-deat.html#comment-1610624 replaycache Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200840#comment-1610624 Death is not something that can be handled or understood all you can say is live life for the happy moments! Death is not something that can be handled or understood all you can say is live life for the happy moments!

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/17/talking-to-children-about-deat.html#comment-1610394 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200840#comment-1610394 What does that matter in the face of him communicating his sexual wants to all of us? I mean, priorities. What does that matter in the face of him communicating his sexual wants to all of us? I mean, priorities.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/17/talking-to-children-about-deat.html#comment-1610376 chgoliz Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200840#comment-1610376 Did you notice she was communicating important information? Did you notice she was communicating important information?

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/17/talking-to-children-about-deat.html#comment-1610299 Stiv Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200840#comment-1610299 A cute mortician is basically catnip for me. A cute mortician is basically catnip for me.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/17/talking-to-children-about-deat.html#comment-1610251 Meela Harker Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200840#comment-1610251 The older I get the more I realize how much I was shaped and saved by the fact that my mom did talk about death. She was a nurse for almost 35 years so she saw the worst the dying process had to offer but she didn't want me afraid or unprepared for certain truths in life. So we had open and honest discussions long before I knew what death was. And many, many after I did. But I see how many people don't do that and how they get blindsided by some things just because they never talked about it before it was something they had no choice to deal with. Death, dying, the whole thing and all it's possibles. I've seen how many friends and family members had no idea what to do, what is normal, and so on, or had never had end of life discussions until a doctor is asking them. So I can't stress enough how right she is, talk to your kids about it now and it will help them so much when they are adults. Do your best to make it as unscary as possible. Be honest. Answer the questions over and over again and have the conversation over and over again.  The older I get the more I realize how much I was shaped and saved by the fact that my mom did talk about death. She was a nurse for almost 35 years so she saw the worst the dying process had to offer but she didn’t want me afraid or unprepared for certain truths in life. So we had open and honest discussions long before I knew what death was. And many, many after I did. But I see how many people don’t do that and how they get blindsided by some things just because they never talked about it before it was something they had no choice to deal with. Death, dying, the whole thing and all it’s possibles. I’ve seen how many friends and family members had no idea what to do, what is normal, and so on, or had never had end of life discussions until a doctor is asking them. So I can’t stress enough how right she is, talk to your kids about it now and it will help them so much when they are adults. Do your best to make it as unscary as possible. Be honest. Answer the questions over and over again and have the conversation over and over again. 

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/17/talking-to-children-about-deat.html#comment-1610216 Alfie Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200840#comment-1610216 Thank you for sharing this. Thank you for sharing this.

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