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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
OK, this is sad. Our family dog has cancer and is not long for this world. Any suggestions about how to explain this, etc., to the five-year-old?
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Tell him the truth. Kids are waaay brighter than we give them credit for..e.g...
#1 - Mommy, what's wrong with jack (the goldfish)
ML- hmmm (noticing that jack is indeed dead) I think jack is sleeping
#1 - Well, I think he's dead. Looking closer, Yep, Mom, he's dead.
Ml - Oh, well how about we get another fish and we can call him Jack Jr.?
#1 - Nah, let's just get another fish and call him Jack!
(interaction with my 4 yr old last week about his dead fish. What he didn't know was that this WAS Jack #2, and spared him the death of the previous one....)
ML
