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There's a whole spectrum of speech, even without immoral intentions. too heavy truth, cold truth, harsh truth, slightly delayed truth, silence hinting at truth

• tejohnso 5y ago
  > you don't tell your kids "we're all dying" I don't see any problem with being honest about life and death. And having hangups about this is not helpful in my opinion. It's one of the areas where not lying is most important. What you need to be careful with is your approach, because if you just say "we're all dying" a 4 year old might panic because you haven't been very clear. It sounds immediate.
• Ma8ee 5y ago
  My boy that recently turned five has known about death for quite some time already. It’s not complicated, and not traumatic. We walked through a graveyard, and he started asking what the place and all the stones were for, and one question led to another. He clearly thought about, and asked about it for a little while, but hardly any longer.