From TFA: "In fact, 76% of children that report fear of death is due to their mothers avoiding the topic. Additionally, more of these children fear early death and adopt unsuitable approaches when it comes to deal with death."
I'd be interested to know exactly what questions they asked on this survey and whom they asked. I assume the 288 children were all from the same country? Did they look at religious affiliation?
I'm a woman and not particularly afraid of death, but if I had children, I'm pretty sure I would be terrified that they might die. I might also avoid the topic with them because I wouldn't know how to explain to a four-year-old that IMHO, when you die you're just gone, but that's not something to be scared of. If I entered into my real feelings about it (why death is necessary, good, whatever) I'm afraid my kids might be a bit blase about things like crossing the street, playing with kitchen knives, etc. Or what if my teenage children decide death is better than living because of the conversations I had with them? Honestly, I WANT my kids to be a little afraid of death.
I feel like this study is glossing over the real problems parents face when discussing death with their children (and I'm guessing this job falls to mothers more often than fathers). "Women are afraid of death and therefore their children are afraid of death and therefor we should let the state teach children about death instead of letting their parents do it" just doesn't ring true for me.
Sure, anyone pirating music now knows it's illegal, but this happened when she was a teenager, right?
I was born in '84 and can remember downloading music from Kazaa without knowing it was illegal. My cousin put Kazaa on my computer, and *poof* music appeared! I just thought it was another app.
I stopped downloading music when I figured out it was illegal, but I could still be charged because I should have seen a copyright notice on a physical device that was not in my possession. That's crazy.
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From TFA: "In fact, 76% of children that report fear of death is due to their mothers avoiding the topic. Additionally, more of these children fear early death and adopt unsuitable approaches when it comes to deal with death." I'd be interested to know exactly what questions they asked on this survey and whom they asked. I assume the 288 children were all from the same country? Did they look at religious affiliation? I'm a woman and not particularly afraid of death, but if I had children, I'm pretty sure I would be terrified that they might die. I might also avoid the topic with them because I wouldn't know how to explain to a four-year-old that IMHO, when you die you're just gone, but that's not something to be scared of. If I entered into my real feelings about it (why death is necessary, good, whatever) I'm afraid my kids might be a bit blase about things like crossing the street, playing with kitchen knives, etc. Or what if my teenage children decide death is better than living because of the conversations I had with them? Honestly, I WANT my kids to be a little afraid of death. I feel like this study is glossing over the real problems parents face when discussing death with their children (and I'm guessing this job falls to mothers more often than fathers). "Women are afraid of death and therefore their children are afraid of death and therefor we should let the state teach children about death instead of letting their parents do it" just doesn't ring true for me.
Sure, anyone pirating music now knows it's illegal, but this happened when she was a teenager, right? I was born in '84 and can remember downloading music from Kazaa without knowing it was illegal. My cousin put Kazaa on my computer, and *poof* music appeared! I just thought it was another app. I stopped downloading music when I figured out it was illegal, but I could still be charged because I should have seen a copyright notice on a physical device that was not in my possession. That's crazy.