nikuman |
06-20-2007 02:28 PM |
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Originally Posted by Archaea
(Post 92133)
That's awful.
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Lest anybody misunderstand, I'm not talking about car-wreck carnage - it was a controlled hospital environment. One thing I learned is that kids can handle death much much better than adults. My parents still aren't fully functional again, some two years later (in fact, it was my late daughter's birthday last Saturday, and I intentionally didn't answer any calls from my mom as she only wanted to make sure we were miserable so she could feel comfortable in her misery; trouble is, my wife and I are just fine, thank you very much).
I'm of a sort that believes that truth is generally preferable to lies when dealing with kids, so we didn't hide anything from her and honestly answered her questions. It was much more difficult for me to tell her and explain to her what was going on than it was for her to process and assimilate the change.
Sorry to get up on a soapbox over kiddie books (I like the books too).
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