daily questions/worriying about dying

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Mommafirst

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My niece is 5 and for a whole year around 4 all she did was obsess about death and dying. With no reason at all in her life. My almost 6 year old has asked about basic stuff but never obsessed with it. I think its a normal phase, every kid goes through some aspect, some more that others.
 
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Mommafirst

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My niece is 5 and for a whole year around 4 all she did was obsess about death and dying. With no reason at all in her life. My almost 6 year old has asked about basic stuff but never obsessed with it. I think its a normal phase, every kid goes through some aspect, some more that others.
 
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Mommafirst

Guest
My niece is 5 and for a whole year around 4 all she did was obsess about death and dying. With no reason at all in her life. My almost 6 year old has asked about basic stuff but never obsessed with it. I think its a normal phase, every kid goes through some aspect, some more that others.
 
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Mommafirst

Guest
My niece is 5 and for a whole year around 4 all she did was obsess about death and dying. With no reason at all in her life. My almost 6 year old has asked about basic stuff but never obsessed with it. I think its a normal phase, every kid goes through some aspect, some more that others.
 
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Rebjane

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Maggie had been talking about death, not CF related, just death in general. She says stuff so matter of factly. Maybe trying to see what my reaction is to her statement. She says, since you and daddy are older than me you'll die first, stuff like that. Or she'ld play dead by lying on the floor with her tongue sticking out and say, this is how it is when you die. She doesn't get much of a reaction from me. I do think it is a phase. If she asks questions i just answer simply.
 
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Rebjane

Super Moderator
Maggie had been talking about death, not CF related, just death in general. She says stuff so matter of factly. Maybe trying to see what my reaction is to her statement. She says, since you and daddy are older than me you'll die first, stuff like that. Or she'ld play dead by lying on the floor with her tongue sticking out and say, this is how it is when you die. She doesn't get much of a reaction from me. I do think it is a phase. If she asks questions i just answer simply.
 
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Rebjane

Super Moderator
Maggie had been talking about death, not CF related, just death in general. She says stuff so matter of factly. Maybe trying to see what my reaction is to her statement. She says, since you and daddy are older than me you'll die first, stuff like that. Or she'ld play dead by lying on the floor with her tongue sticking out and say, this is how it is when you die. She doesn't get much of a reaction from me. I do think it is a phase. If she asks questions i just answer simply.
 
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Rebjane

Super Moderator
Maggie had been talking about death, not CF related, just death in general. She says stuff so matter of factly. Maybe trying to see what my reaction is to her statement. She says, since you and daddy are older than me you'll die first, stuff like that. Or she'ld play dead by lying on the floor with her tongue sticking out and say, this is how it is when you die. She doesn't get much of a reaction from me. I do think it is a phase. If she asks questions i just answer simply.
 
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Rebjane

Super Moderator
Maggie had been talking about death, not CF related, just death in general. She says stuff so matter of factly. Maybe trying to see what my reaction is to her statement. She says, since you and daddy are older than me you'll die first, stuff like that. Or she'ld play dead by lying on the floor with her tongue sticking out and say, this is how it is when you die. She doesn't get much of a reaction from me. I do think it is a phase. If she asks questions i just answer simply.
 
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Rebjane

Super Moderator
Maggie had been talking about death, not CF related, just death in general. She says stuff so matter of factly. Maybe trying to see what my reaction is to her statement. She says, since you and daddy are older than me you'll die first, stuff like that. Or she'ld play dead by lying on the floor with her tongue sticking out and say, this is how it is when you die. She doesn't get much of a reaction from me. I do think it is a phase. If she asks questions i just answer simply.
 
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folione

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My neighbor is a child psychologist and about 6 months ago when we were complaining about our son's latest obsession, she said "wait until he's 4 and all he talks about is death and dying". And right on cue he started asking questions within a few weeks of turning 4 this past April. It probably didn't help that his pet goldfish and one of the family cats both died in May, but I think the basic point is that it is completely normal.

One thing the neighbor also said was that at age 4, kids don't have the ability to understand the concept that dead is forever...sure enough, when the fish died, my boy wanted to know when it would be alive again.
 
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folione

New member
My neighbor is a child psychologist and about 6 months ago when we were complaining about our son's latest obsession, she said "wait until he's 4 and all he talks about is death and dying". And right on cue he started asking questions within a few weeks of turning 4 this past April. It probably didn't help that his pet goldfish and one of the family cats both died in May, but I think the basic point is that it is completely normal.

One thing the neighbor also said was that at age 4, kids don't have the ability to understand the concept that dead is forever...sure enough, when the fish died, my boy wanted to know when it would be alive again.
 
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folione

New member
My neighbor is a child psychologist and about 6 months ago when we were complaining about our son's latest obsession, she said "wait until he's 4 and all he talks about is death and dying". And right on cue he started asking questions within a few weeks of turning 4 this past April. It probably didn't help that his pet goldfish and one of the family cats both died in May, but I think the basic point is that it is completely normal.

One thing the neighbor also said was that at age 4, kids don't have the ability to understand the concept that dead is forever...sure enough, when the fish died, my boy wanted to know when it would be alive again.
 
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folione

New member
My neighbor is a child psychologist and about 6 months ago when we were complaining about our son's latest obsession, she said "wait until he's 4 and all he talks about is death and dying". And right on cue he started asking questions within a few weeks of turning 4 this past April. It probably didn't help that his pet goldfish and one of the family cats both died in May, but I think the basic point is that it is completely normal.

One thing the neighbor also said was that at age 4, kids don't have the ability to understand the concept that dead is forever...sure enough, when the fish died, my boy wanted to know when it would be alive again.
 
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folione

New member
My neighbor is a child psychologist and about 6 months ago when we were complaining about our son's latest obsession, she said "wait until he's 4 and all he talks about is death and dying". And right on cue he started asking questions within a few weeks of turning 4 this past April. It probably didn't help that his pet goldfish and one of the family cats both died in May, but I think the basic point is that it is completely normal.

One thing the neighbor also said was that at age 4, kids don't have the ability to understand the concept that dead is forever...sure enough, when the fish died, my boy wanted to know when it would be alive again.
 
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folione

New member
My neighbor is a child psychologist and about 6 months ago when we were complaining about our son's latest obsession, she said "wait until he's 4 and all he talks about is death and dying". And right on cue he started asking questions within a few weeks of turning 4 this past April. It probably didn't help that his pet goldfish and one of the family cats both died in May, but I think the basic point is that it is completely normal.

One thing the neighbor also said was that at age 4, kids don't have the ability to understand the concept that dead is forever...sure enough, when the fish died, my boy wanted to know when it would be alive again.
 
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tammykrumrey

Guest
Yes, both of my girls have gone through this. LOTS of questions. And my grandmother had died when my daughters were 5 and 6 years old, during the time they were so interested in it. My little one would look out her window in the car sometimes and sing great-grandma songs, or cry to her that she missed her. It was very difficult because they brought it up constantly.

I have to say that neither one ever acted afraid of dying though. Just curious. They would say that they wanted to meet God or ask how do you get to Heaven, do you fly?, etc... They go to a Lutheran school, so I generally passed the questions onto their teachers<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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tammykrumrey

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Yes, both of my girls have gone through this. LOTS of questions. And my grandmother had died when my daughters were 5 and 6 years old, during the time they were so interested in it. My little one would look out her window in the car sometimes and sing great-grandma songs, or cry to her that she missed her. It was very difficult because they brought it up constantly.

I have to say that neither one ever acted afraid of dying though. Just curious. They would say that they wanted to meet God or ask how do you get to Heaven, do you fly?, etc... They go to a Lutheran school, so I generally passed the questions onto their teachers<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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tammykrumrey

Guest
Yes, both of my girls have gone through this. LOTS of questions. And my grandmother had died when my daughters were 5 and 6 years old, during the time they were so interested in it. My little one would look out her window in the car sometimes and sing great-grandma songs, or cry to her that she missed her. It was very difficult because they brought it up constantly.

I have to say that neither one ever acted afraid of dying though. Just curious. They would say that they wanted to meet God or ask how do you get to Heaven, do you fly?, etc... They go to a Lutheran school, so I generally passed the questions onto their teachers<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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tammykrumrey

Guest
Yes, both of my girls have gone through this. LOTS of questions. And my grandmother had died when my daughters were 5 and 6 years old, during the time they were so interested in it. My little one would look out her window in the car sometimes and sing great-grandma songs, or cry to her that she missed her. It was very difficult because they brought it up constantly.

I have to say that neither one ever acted afraid of dying though. Just curious. They would say that they wanted to meet God or ask how do you get to Heaven, do you fly?, etc... They go to a Lutheran school, so I generally passed the questions onto their teachers<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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