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[quote=Anonymous]I had to talk to DD about death when she was 3, when in quick succession, we lost both our dogs, and her paternal grandfather. I'm an atheist, so I didn't rely on any of the usual stories about heaven, opting instead to approach it from a very simplified E=Mc^2 POV. I told her that when people die, their bodies are no longer with us, but their energy goes into the universe, and will always be around us. That seemed like quite enough. A year later, a visiting aunt suffered a stroke when she was with us, and passed away a week later. That has stayed with DD a lot longer (we still talk about it, and she's 9), than death that she didn't really get to see.[/quote]
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