We got a notice from school that a little girl in my son's grade died on Friday. I saw 2 little girls (they are only 6 years old) sobbing uncontrollably at school when I went to get my guys.

Man, that sucks.

I've been crying for her parents for half an hour. Their pain.

How terrible, that poor family.

How do you explain that to your little boy? It's just so young to have to deal with death.

ZombieKitten said:

wow, i cannot imagine that. wow

Life sucks, having to deal with this at any age is hard but so confusing at that age.

ZombieKitten said:

We have lost many school, classmates/friends of all our kids over the past 20+ yrs. It's very hard

Oh my goodness! That is awful!

I wish only the best for this child's family and friends.

OMG

thats terrible

ZombieKitten said:

A child in my niece's kindergarten class died a month ago or so (she's 5). Utterly heartbreaking.

just awful

I am so sorry to hear that.

For you Charlotte:

How horrible. This is something that truly impacts a community. for you and your family, Charlotte. for the parents and family of the little girl.

My goodness...

I hope your guys are okay too Charlotte....

what happened?????

i would never wish that loss on a parent.
a life gone too soon.

For all of you.

It is sad.

Prayers for the little girl, and those who loved her

lawd

That's terrible. I can't what imagine her parents are going through.

I had a friend who was murdered when I was 8. I didn't really get it. It affected me, but more over time than at the time it happened.

My teachers handled it terribly. They forbade us to talk about it!! Definitely not a model for others to follow.

good vibes to the family

NDRU said:

geez that is horrible!

ZombieKitten said:

Thanks

Nowadays they will give the kids counseling, but our teachers made us wait outside in the morning for a few minutes while they composed themselves, and they finally opened the door, and kind of angrily said to us "not one word about Doug & Verna!"

I hope your kids are okay!

sj1600 said:

Children can cope ( sp? ) with death better than most addults do... Just be honost..

When my stephmother died (42yrs old ) my son ( then 4 years old )saw her lying in her coffin .. I explained that she was dead, not breathing anymore... he touched her cheek.. and said "oh..Okay" grabbed his ball and resumed his game..

It's so natural for them..


Oh Charlotte...
[Edited 4/30/08 10:30am]

HowComeYouDontCallme said:

yeah I think if the adults don't freak out about it, they will learn it is a natural thing. I cried in front of my kids, they know it made me sad. Some of Wally's classmates were crying too, so he knows it is OK to be sad. I will keep talking about her and asking about her now and then, just to give him a chance to say anything he needs to, without any pressure.

ZombieKitten said:

Wow, how awful!!!!! I remember back when I was in 7th grade, there was a girl who was a year behind me (6th grade) who ran into the street after her dog. She got hit by a car, and I think she was in a coma for a couple of days. She wound up passing away, and everybody from the elementary school where I attended (Catholic school) went to her funeral. OMG, it was the saddest thing because everybody was crying. I don't think there was a dry eye in that whole church.