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Just curious. I know this is morbid and I believe when you are dead you are dust. But I just watched a movie the other night and 2 little girls were in a children's hospital each with a fatal disease. One came from a religious family and the other from one who didn't believe. The one who didn't believe was scared and of course the one who believed wasn't as scared of dying.
So what is your opinion as a person who doesn't believe? Do you think giving a child some false comfort would enter your mind? If not how would you help them not be scared?
It will depend on the age of the child and what he or she already knows about death. Sometimes you can comfort them with the fact that they will be remembered and loved even if they are no longer alive. You can acknowledge that it is scary to think about not existing, but perhaps ask if they think that they will be the same way when they die that they were before they were born, if that makes sense. Another way to approach it is through the circle of life. Our bodies nourish the world when we die.
It will depend on the age of the child and what he or she already knows about death. Sometimes you can comfort them with the fact that they will be remembered and loved even if they are no longer alive. You can acknowledge that it is scary to think about not existing, but perhaps ask if they think that they will be the same way when they die that they were before they were born, if that makes sense. Another way to approach it is through the circle of life. Our bodies nourish the world when we die.
Ha, ha that reminds me of the skit about the circle of life on Last Man Standing when he was explaining death to his grandson….it did not go over well, lol.
It can also be like sleep. Sleeping doesn't hurt and isn't scary.
Ha, ha that reminds me of the skit about the circle of life on Last Man Standing when he was explaining death to his grandson….it did not go over well, lol.
It can also be like sleep. Sleeping doesn't hurt and isn't scary.
No, it's not like sleep - you cannot use that with a child because then they think that if they go to sleep they will die. Admittedly, with a child who is terminally ill, I suppose it would be different.
No, it's not like sleep - you cannot use that with a child because then they think that if they go to sleep they will die. Admittedly, with a child who is terminally ill, I suppose it would be different.
Yeah terminally ill would break all the regular rules.
Just curious. I know this is morbid and I believe when you are dead you are dust. But I just watched a movie the other night and 2 little girls were in a children's hospital each with a fatal disease. One came from a religious family and the other from one who didn't believe. The one who didn't believe was scared and of course the one who believed wasn't as scared of dying.
So what is your opinion as a person who doesn't believe? Do you think giving a child some false comfort would enter your mind? If not how would you help them not be scared?
You watched a movie, a movie, there was your problem. The reality is the opposite, at least from what I've heard from one hospice worker. The religious are less willing to die and go less peacefully.
Last edited by LuminousTruth; 02-22-2017 at 07:42 PM..
No, it's not like sleep - you cannot use that with a child because then they think that if they go to sleep they will die. Admittedly, with a child who is terminally ill, I suppose it would be different.
They might also think they could have bad dreams, which for a child can be a form of hell.
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the one who believed wasn't as scared of dying.
