Yikes! ROXRAN, you neo-con agent 47 wannabe!.... Those that know me and have met me realize I am compassionate, and share a different toned down personality. It's not that I don't believe in what I say...It's that I'm more open to thought process from the other side than many realize in real life. Heck, my wife voted for Kerry. You know who I voted for...Somehow she puts up with my weapons of massive destruction...I still can't hang the M16 on the wall, and accent the top of the walls with barbwire like I would do if I was single. She used to have qualms with the hobby, but realizes I am 100% responsible, safe and to code...really that is all she cares about regarding that. With the debate I want to bring forth is the question I titled...Like several of yall such as MadMax among others I have genetic offspring in that age group (I know I could have said "kids"). This may seem silly, but they are watching a movie right now, they have asked for...Right now I should be in bed with flu symptoms...My mom is helping out and making chicken soup Movie in question: Bambi 2... I have talked and heard from several sources that many parents cringe and fastforward to the part where the realization is that Bambi's mother got shot in the original, and this has been a case I'm sure has been repeated in many households across the nation ...yep. Somehow, it ran smooth since it wasn't a part of the movie from the introduction...But like Finding Nemo, which also received criticism on this, the introduction picks up where the realization of the death of Bambi's mother is apparent...Somehow, parents are put in a position. Still the story is great because it elevates the father's role in parenting. Like the era of the original, bambi's father only thinks of himself as a provider but now realizes the virtues of making a true parenting connection... The clear answer many will say is it depends on the parent and what they feel is best. But I would like a debate on whether or not this age group should be introduced to the understanding of death?
if you don't give them an understanding of it, someone else will. you might not like what they learn in that regard.
How can you hide it from them?? I don't think it's that big a deal to a pre-schooler. Everything's new to them...so it's just something else.
Understanding death is very nuanced. Kids may understand that Rover has gone to Doggie Heaven and aint coming back, but nothing much deeper like experienced say when one loses one's parent as an adult.
Totally, usually that person is me. Then again, its a little like magic, it's not as cool and interesting when you find out that any idiot with some money and practice can do it.
