Promoting the Culture of Death: Children being taught how to die

Growler · 05-04-11, 03:37 PM

Thanks, guys - this is the first time I've ever really "written" it out, and I'm damned if it didn't kick my ass.

I'm of the mind that it is far better to create in kids a sense of the value of life, because the act of living is already so amazing. Death - is a part of life. My wife lost her mother at age 7 - right about the age that kids first are able to encompass the concept of death. Her little sister - age 4 - spent several hours in the house the day her mother died, trying to understand why Mommy wouldn't wake up for her.

And my wife is, aside from marrying me, a well-adjusted, functioning and happy member of society. Her sister has struggled with "problems" all her life, in contrast. I don't know that a more "death-friendly" (for lack of a better term) would have made a traumatic event like that any easier for both girls, or not. But I can imagine that a society wherein the concept of death is more socially managed and less the turf of the clergy/religious couldn't be all bad.

Death education is not "promoting a culture of death."

Randomizer said it all far better than I did, or could.

05-04-11, 03:37 PM	#20
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Thanks, guys - this is the first time I've ever really "written" it out, and I'm damned if it didn't kick my ass. I'm of the mind that it is far better to create in kids a sense of the value of life, because the act of living is already so amazing. Death - is a part of life. My wife lost her mother at age 7 - right about the age that kids first are able to encompass the concept of death. Her little sister - age 4 - spent several hours in the house the day her mother died, trying to understand why Mommy wouldn't wake up for her. And my wife is, aside from marrying me, a well-adjusted, functioning and happy member of society. Her sister has struggled with "problems" all her life, in contrast. I don't know that a more "death-friendly" (for lack of a better term) would have made a traumatic event like that any easier for both girls, or not. But I can imagine that a society wherein the concept of death is more socially managed and less the turf of the clergy/religious couldn't be all bad. Death education is not "promoting a culture of death." Randomizer said it all far better than I did, or could. __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.