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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
I guess maybe I have a different attitude to death since I had to tell my daughters about their father's death when they were only 10 and 7. I've never hidden death from either of them - they have "paid their last respects" to deceased relatives and been grateful for the opportunity to have done so. Death doesn't worry them, neither do they fear it. There's an interesting article in today's Daily Mail about how we hide death in the "civilised" world and it becomes such a taboo and frightening subject whereas other cultures are far more accepting and open about it.
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Maybe I want to hide DEAD BODIES away from my kids because, when I saw my nan (first dead body I had seen) at the age of 17 years old, I could not get the image out of my head and even dreamed about her everynight led dead in her coffin. Some thing I CAN protect my children with and that is seeing things like that, well until the news decided that EVERYONE including my kids should see the popes dead body. Yes doug I sgree with you it is undignified the way that they have delt with the body of the pope. And vorlon you are right 'i too believed that my parents would be around for ever'. I remember getting to about 13 years old and having the devistating realisation that 'THEY WON'T', and it hit hard for a couple of days.
Not only are children not comfortable with seeing dead bodies I know some adults that don't either (sorry tinks) but tinks is one of them. I am not sure if she saw it on the news but she has a genuin fear of seeing a dead body and, could not even go and say goodbye to our nan and grandad (which was hard) so people that have fears of seeing dead bodies had it forced on them yesterday if they was watching the news, which isn't right.