Excerpt from "Explaining Death to Children".

Some time ago I got Explaining Death to Children ed. Earl A. Grollman out of the library. I just saw it on a random shelf and thought it looked interesting. Published in 1967, it's a compilation of articles discussing the ways children relate to and understand death in various cultures and situations.

When I was in the Egyptian section of the Met with sistermagpie and _hannelore in November, I was trying to tell them about this part of the book that described how young children who have not been raised with any particular religious beliefs nonetheless come up with specific concepts on their own that are very reminiscent of familiar religions. The ancient Egyptians supposed that the dead must get hungry, so they provided them with the means to eat; in the absence of other instruction, modern four-year-olds come to the same conclusion.

Before I returned the book I typed out a lengthy excerpt from this section. I stupidly forgot to write down the name of the psychologist who actually wrote this part; I should go back to the library and check.


( Excerpt from "Explaining Death to Children )

This was followed by transcripts of the summarized conversations.


ETA: Ha! I'd forgotten what the image for "impressed" was in my moodtheme. (Maybe I'm not impressed that often.) Ah, Apache Chief. *wipes tear*

Excerpt from "Explaining Death to Children".

Some time ago I got Explaining Death to Children ed. Earl A. Grollman out of the library. I just saw it on a random shelf and thought it looked interesting. Published in 1967, it's a compilation of articles discussing the ways children relate to and understand death in various cultures and situations.

When I was in the Egyptian section of the Met with sistermagpie and _hannelore in November, I was trying to tell them about this part of the book that described how young children who have not been raised with any particular religious beliefs nonetheless come up with specific concepts on their own that are very reminiscent of familiar religions. The ancient Egyptians supposed that the dead must get hungry, so they provided them with the means to eat; in the absence of other instruction, modern four-year-olds come to the same conclusion.

Before I returned the book I typed out a lengthy excerpt from this section. I stupidly forgot to write down the name of the psychologist who actually wrote this part; I should go back to the library and check.


( Excerpt from "Explaining Death to Children )

This was followed by transcripts of the summarized conversations.


ETA: Ha! I'd forgotten what the image for "impressed" was in my moodtheme. (Maybe I'm not impressed that often.) Ah, Apache Chief. *wipes tear*