Today, I'm beginning to regret explaining death to my 3-year-old son. We were at the supermarket when he looked at an elderly woman and loudly told her "You're gonna die soon!" FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I took my 6-year-old son to visit his grandmother, as the doctors say she only has days left to live. Minutes after we arrived, he leaned in close and told her that she's going to hell. FML
Today, I was talking to my only grandson about how I was going to the dentist to get my teeth fixed and how it was going to cost a lot of money, he replied saying "Who cares, you're going to die soon anyways". FML
Today, my four-year-old asked me when I was going to die. I replied "Not for a long time, why?" He looked at me and stated "Because I only want to live with Daddy." FML
Today, I went to the graveyard with my little brother to visit my grandfather's grave. While we were there, my brother suddenly asked me, "Can you die now? I hate you." He's 7 years-old. FML
Today, after my 5-year-old finally got over his grandmother's death, we went to a store and saw a lady that looked exactly like her. She came up to us asking if we saw her grandson; I can't get my son to stop freaking out. FML
Today, I woke up to my 5-year-old son covering my nose and mouth with his hand and complaining, "Noooo, you need to die now." FML
Today, during my uncle's funeral, my four year old loudly asked, "Where's all the dead people?" FML
Today, while at a family reunion, I jokingly asked my 18-year-old son, "When are you and your girlfriend going to give me a grandson?" He then retorted, "When are you going to die?" I was unable to answer at all. FML
Today, my phone made a random noise. I jokingly said, "Wow, I wonder who died now?" Turns out it was my son's grandmother. I had to explain it because I screamed. I also got to tell his dad that his mom just died. FML
Today, I took my very talkative toddler to a grocery store. As we passed a woman in an aisle, my kid pointed and said loudly, "Mummy, why does that lady have such a funny face?" I had to awkwardly apologize while my face went beet red. FML
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gracehi 33
*OP glares at the child* "So are you."
Emma1562 35
Explain to her that that was not appropriate.
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Comments (61)
bad_boyfriend 10
See this is the reason I want kids
winecrab 7
He's not wrong...
flexseal 14
Please let me adopt that child
imbedderdenu 23
Um why are you talking to your toddler about death?! wtf???
TMO2142 25
well. you better hope that your son does not keep this memory later on in life, but please OP, think about if its appropriate to tell him those things
Catdragon 40
People are wondering if a kid can grasp the concept of death. Yes they can at that age. I had a pet Hamster at around 3-4. He was white and I named him snowball. Well I took snowball out of his cage to play and he bit me. It hurt so I wanted to punish him. I found him, picked him up, put him in the cd player and slammed the lid down on him. It crushed his neck and he died. I knew he was dead, I wasn't meaning to kill him just punish him but he died. That was my first experience with death. I hid his body because I didn't want my mom to find out. I later confessed because I felt guilty for killing him. The world isn't a bunch of rainbows and butterflies. Things die and there is no correct age to learn about it. Things die when they die whether the child is 3 or 30. Stop sheltering kids and maybe they'd be smarter. This is why we have kids having kids since there are those who think you can't get pregnant standing up. Their parents probably avoided the topic since it was awkward. Would you rather your kid kill an animal and not understanding what death is and that it won't come back or have a kid talking about death?
meetraynice 2
Try explaining the meaning in a much further or easier way so he might understand what you meant (:
CrazyCatLady 19
tell them it is not appropriate to say things like that
Taurus_ChicKa 37
Sounds like he sees dead people.