At what age do we start to think about death and the afterlife etc?
Does this happen around puberty or can it happen sooner?
i know little kids ask about where dead people go adn they ask aobut heaven but only cause they are conditioned to..i want to know when people become more aware about these things(death etc) on their own
About the first time they’ve had any brush with death. For me it was when my baby sister died when I was 5.
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December 28th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
I’ve been thinking about death/dying/the afterlife since I was roughly 6. I was always a strange child…
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December 28th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
To be honest, i THINK maybe when we are about to die.
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December 28th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Subconsciously it starts at whatever age the indoctrination starts.
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December 28th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
About the first time they’ve had any brush with death. For me it was when my baby sister died when I was 5.
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December 28th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Kids are much smarter than most people think they are. I knew about death by the age of 6.
I saw my grandfather die….was standing over him when he literally took his last breath. I didn’t completely grasp what had happened until a few weeks later when my kitty was struck and killed by a car. That’s when I realized, for myself, what death was. You go to sleep and never wake up. I really didn’t need any further explanation. I wanted to know why things died, but I was Ok with the natural concept of death. Then here come the well-meaning adults.
They thought I’d feel better if they told me that my Grandpa was in Heaven….and that he was WATCHING ME!!!
The idea that someone was watching my every move was scary! I was terrified for 2 weeks. I couldn’t sleep without covering my head with the blanket, as I hoped that I couldn’t be seen then.
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December 28th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
when you are able to differentiate between right and wrong
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December 28th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Children think death is just another fairyland.
Adolecents ignore the idea because they fear it.
Adults are too busy to think about it.
The elderly are close enough to befriend it.
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December 28th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
I think young children ask about it when a relative – a great grand mother for instance dies.
They cannot conceive that a person just ceases to exist. And neither can I.
"He (Jesus) called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. "
Matthew 18:2-3
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December 28th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Any time from about five onwards.
I was 5 when a pet died and my parents talked about death and the "after world" (they spoke of heaven but also gave me stories about the afterlife from other cultures – not sure that was planned but they did…
A few months later my great-grandfather died and we went through it again.
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December 28th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
I started thinking about it when i was 8 or 9, after an accident i had while riding a quad.
I first realized what death really is at 11, and now, at 14, i figured out all i needed/wanted to know about death.
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