so you're telling me that if you told a 6 year old that its parents were killed, you think that kid would not know what that meant?
Moral of the story. Make sure your child is prepared and able to handle the fact that Saanta Clause doesnt really exist
naw I'm pretty sure the likely ness of a kid that age knowing and fully understanding death is minimal.
your expectations are way too high. no one fully understands death, so expecting a child to is unrealistic.
Nope, sorry but you're very wrong about this. My six year old can indeed spell suicide and completely and fully understands how final death is. My 4 year old? No! But she also doesn't understand how to manipulate the situation to that degree to begin with. The fact that this girl even threatened this in the first place proves that she understood to some extent.
I'm sure she had an idea, but the finality of it is very misunderstood, its why kids aren't usually affected by funerals as much as older people.
First I've heard of this. Very sad to say the least. My heart and prayers go out to the parents, as I'm assuming they had nothing to do with it. Meaning, it's not a murder. That said, if my little boy ever uttered the words "I'm going to kill myself," after being disciplined, you'd better believe he'd be under a constant watch, and sent to the best child shrink I/we could afford until we found out WTF was wrong. That's just not right IMO. As for the parents warning the child not to tie something around her neck, that's just what you do. You see your kid doing something potentially dangerous, and you tell them "hey...don't do that!" Then you explain why it's so dangerous. Lastly, I just have a hard time believing this little girl had any idea the finality of her actions. I know my boy, who has experienced some death in his young life still doesn't get the permanence aspect of it. Least, I don't think he does.
