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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 01:10 AM Original message |
My kid (age 9) is freaked out about death... |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. My dear GoddessOfGuinness... |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 01:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. My father's mother was terrified by the thought of dying... |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. My DearCaliforniaPeggy |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. Tell him that if we're not out of the war in 8 years, you'll take him out of the country |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I'll move sooner than that if these yoyos don't start moving to bring our troops home. |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. try 'the fall of freddie the leaf' |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. I love Leo Buscaglia! |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
5. Excellent! You can use that to aid your parenting responsibilities. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 09:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. "You know who goes to Hell, don't you? Kids who fear death, that's who." |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Every time you cry...... |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. see #18 |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. LOL...I might have considered it with son #1... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. That's about the age I got freaked out about it. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. ... |
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tainted_chimp (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
7. I remember giving birth |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. I tried to explain that worrying about it |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
8. Give him a copy of Dante's Inferno. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. That is the perfect gift for my older son! |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
9. My approach has been |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. That correlates to our science lessons of late... |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. Some advice |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. I've explained that some people believe (insert theory here)... |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. I remember being freaked out by death at age 9 as well. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. It seems like it must be a developmental thing... |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. I've been death phobic as long as I can remember. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. My father was terribly impatient with my fears when I was a child... |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. I think I got freaked out about it so early i don't even remember the age |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Interesting thought on eternity... |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. I like how you explained that |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. Remind him that he can use all his energy worrying about the inevitable |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Did that... |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
23. maybe you should send him to child therapist. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. If it persists I will... |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
32. I went through the same thing at the same age. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I hope so... |
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