If your child was asked to draw a picture of someone in their family who had died, would they draw the person dead or alive?

[Aimsmum]

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Well she did ask for a picture of someone who had died! Children take things literaly! You can bet that at least one of them would do it!

I guess taken literally she's only done as they asked. The picture was of someone who had died, when they were dead. Makes sense to me!

i would imagine it would depend on
a) how the propsition was put to her
b) how close she was to person

becuase i reckon that if your closer and it hurts more then you would probably draw them alive
but if the question was draw a picture of someone in your family who has died - not unreasonable to draw a coffin - v. literal interpretation.

besides what kind of fucking teacher asks a kid to do this?

i would be v angry at teacher and immediatley decapitate her

Agree with custy re teacher.

A bit of a bizare request, if you ask me. No one in my family had died when I was 7.

I'm sure this is totally unlikely, but maybe there was a context to the teacher's request.

I remember when DS was around 7 or 8, he drew a picture of one of his classmate (not that it could be recognised as such) in a cemetary. Apparently this meant something sinister, and I actually received a phonecall from the child's mother!

I laughed it off, in a typically British way (this was in the US), but the mother failed to see the funny side, or any side other than my son having voodoo thoughts about her daughter.

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Very strange request for a teacher to do?

Never heard of such a thing for school children to do.

I would not worry how your child dealt with this, your dd did what she thought was right at the time.

Mmmmm, would be more concerned about the teacher asking a child to do this that what your child drew.

I was fortunate enough that at 7 I didnt know anybody who had died, and would imagine that lots of other kids would be in the same situation.

personally, I like an open attitude to death and I like to think dead people can also be remembered by children. Realise it's a sensitive topic. Maybe she was also trying to expalin the whole poppy thing and Remembrance Day.

Sound slike it was possibly a brilliant idea

what do you think teachers say when they have to explain Remembranvce day? What questions do you think small children ask?

Just maybe, I know it's unlikely, but just maybe the teacher was handling it all very well.

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sorry aims.

Think it justs depends a lot on the child and how they are starting to think about death. It would make me laugh a bit too

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I really wouldn't worry.

Apparently I used to draw pictures of shipd sinking in the sea with people in the water shouting hfor help and sharks all around!

And I've turned out fine - honest!

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DS1 who is 9 would draw the person wearing clothes, playing footie or similar. DS2 on the other hand, who is 7 and takes things literally sometimes would probably draw them in a coffin, with a headstone, or maggots or something. he is obsessed with asking questions about dead people at the minute

If they said "draw someone who has died" I would expect a living person.

If they said "Draw someone who is dead" I would expect a coffin

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