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Explaining death to children.
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RE: Explaining death to children.
June 27, 2014 at 11:15 pm
(June 26, 2014 at 4:05 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I agree, but you're really just bitching, here. How would YOU explain the death of a parent to a very young child? It's all very well to say that the 'gone to live with the angels' answer is comforting, patronizing, damaging nonsense (and I agree that that it is), but what's your alternative?

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Explaining death to children. - by Intimae_Hasta - June 26, 2014 at 3:17 am
RE: Explaining death to children. - by Wyrd of Gawd - June 26, 2014 at 3:57 am
RE: Explaining death to children. - by Anomalocaris - June 26, 2014 at 1:20 pm
RE: Explaining death to children. - by Wyrd of Gawd - June 26, 2014 at 6:40 pm
RE: Explaining death to children. - by Nine - June 26, 2014 at 5:34 am
RE: Explaining death to children. - by Ravenshire - June 27, 2014 at 11:15 pm
RE: Explaining death to children. - by Mudhammam - July 4, 2014 at 9:34 am
RE: Explaining death to children. - by vodkafan - June 26, 2014 at 5:33 am
RE: Explaining death to children. - by ManMachine - June 26, 2014 at 6:17 am
RE: Explaining death to children. - by KUSA - June 26, 2014 at 7:06 am
RE: Explaining death to children. - by Intimae_Hasta - June 26, 2014 at 7:49 am
RE: Explaining death to children. - by Napoléon - June 26, 2014 at 11:06 am
RE: Explaining death to children. - by vodkafan - June 26, 2014 at 1:18 pm
RE: Explaining death to children. - by IAmTheeWallrus - June 26, 2014 at 1:59 pm
RE: Explaining death to children. - by MJ the Skeptical - June 26, 2014 at 2:12 pm
RE: Explaining death to children. - by Cato - June 26, 2014 at 7:14 pm
RE: Explaining death to children. - by Minimalist - June 26, 2014 at 7:31 pm
RE: Explaining death to children. - by Cato - June 26, 2014 at 7:34 pm
RE: Explaining death to children. - by Minimalist - June 26, 2014 at 7:40 pm
RE: Explaining death to children. - by Jenny A - June 26, 2014 at 8:16 pm
RE: Explaining death to children. - by Dystopia - June 27, 2014 at 10:52 pm
RE: Explaining death to children. - by Zidneya - June 28, 2014 at 12:52 am
RE: Explaining death to children. - by Angrboda - June 28, 2014 at 3:25 pm
RE: Explaining death to children. - by Minimalist - June 28, 2014 at 3:39 pm
RE: Explaining death to children. - by Ksa - July 10, 2014 at 7:21 pm

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