My DD 3.9 is asking about death in a way that really upset her last night. She said, "When I die will I be able to walk and talk and move?" Then started crying quite hard and said, "When I am dead, you won't be able to hear me..." Our beta fish died so she said, "When the fish died, he couldn't move so I won't be able to move (walk talk etc)..." and the worst: "If I die, you will have to get a new person" (because we replaced the fish). She was emotionally overcome by all this and crying so hard. Her stomach hurt after this. I grappled for the right things to say, and she eventually came around, but wasn't prepared for her to ask these questions so soon. How have you dealt with the topic when your child is very young and very emotionally sensitive. She has been aware of death for awhile (seeing dead insects, hearing me say the computer is "dead" or things in fairytales, but she has never talked about it so emotionally and asked about herself in this way).
