RE: What do atheists tell their children
February 3, 2014 at 12:39 pm
(This post was last modified: February 3, 2014 at 12:40 pm by Alex K.)
(February 3, 2014 at 12:35 pm)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: But you know if they find out you're going to die or leave them in any way they'll cry and get extremely upset. Especially if the thought had just occurred to them.
I got rather upset and went through kind of a period of grief when I was like 10 or so, not because I had lost anyone in that moment, but because I realized that one day, my loved ones and I will die. I think this is a healthy part of growing up, to go through this phase. You get over it. I didn't believe in heaven before that either, it just didn't hit me until then. I think it might have something to do with the onset of puberty.