Aww

I hope they realized you were having a rough time and decided to unground you—after you finished your vegetables.

I lost my cat too, recently :(

Those are really smart and empathetic kids for being so young! They seem to be ahead of Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development in relation to egocentrism.

I feel the need to point out she said small, not young. We don't necessarily know if they are advanced according to this scale (idk anything about it though, so i can't be specific). Just trying to keep you all honest!

I think OP is a man, anyway

Gotta admit, they caught onto the concept fast. I was around six or seven when I finally got what death was. Started bawling - coincidentally it was in the middle of my maternal grandmother's funeral service. Halfway through the memorial I figured out why we were there and just lost it.

I'm sorry that you lost a member of your family but you have done well raising your children to be compassionate.

It's so hard to lose a dear pet.

Your profile pic reminds me of my Odessa

It's not necessarily a bad thing, at least you know your children are empathetic.

Sound like you are raising 2 smart amazing kids.

As cute as the kids might seem, in most situations telling someone that their love ones "has gone to a better place" is not necessarily the correct thing to tell somebody grieving. When I experienced the lost of a few of my love ones, nothing pissed me off more than someone telling me those exact words.

I'm also wondering how they even knew the expression "gone to a better place" if they have no experience with death.