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6yo anxious about death, not sure how to reassure him

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whateverfloatsyourboat · 08/04/2011 21:14

My 6yo has just come out of his bed to tell me he'd had bad thoughts about a group of children who thought I was a thief, so attacked me with knives and killed me. ("Bad thoughts" as opposed to a dream, he was in bed but not yet asleep).

He then went on to ask how old I will be when I die, which is something he's been asking a lot lately. I keep answering that most people get really really old before they die - and then he lists all the ancient people he knows who are still alive, which seems to cheer him up - but I'm aware that this isn't really satisfactory.

Can anyone recommend a book to help address the issue of life and death? Or do you have any suggestions on how to handle it? He's quite sensitive anyway, prone to worry, and I want to help him!

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chicaguapa · 08/04/2011 22:51

It must be a stage as DS(6) is worrying about me dying too. I just reassure him that dying happens because your body has got old or it can't work anymore because something is the matter with it. I think he just needs to know that it's not going to happen suddenly while he's asleep. DD(9) went through this stage too and we just talked a bit about how the body works and why a person actually dies, ie body stops working and it's nothing like being asleep. HTH

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