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I found that at times of existential crises, lying helped. And was the only thing that did. Yes, we, as parents, would. make sure not to die, and we’d make sure our kids wouldn’t either. People only die when they are very very old, much older than anyone they knew. Yes, they could live with us forever. Yes, we would make sure we’d live and die together, and they’d never be alone.
By the time they are old enough to understand it was all lies, hopefully they are old enough to understand why you did it. If not, you’ve got bigger problems.

I first read it here, when my two year old freaked out about what is, unless you have learned to repress and distract yourself from these thoughts, ohectvely a very scary thing about life you have to understand. I want to credit Ultramarina with coming up with this, but it was a long time ago...