Reply #246: age appropriate. wide range of age, with what will do what to a child and reaction of child. [View All]

[seabeyond]

when using harmful, i am not talking about psychological breakdown, forever have to deal with. momentarily, and in the scheme of things in a lifetime, momentary is just that.

i dont look at dead anything now, anymore than i did then. no, i do not have a curiousity. was surprised soph biology how much i enjoyed dissecting, but then i was 14 too. still dont like to see dead.

a 1, 2, 3, 4 yr old walking down the street probably will not have the instinct of curiousity, but a real pain seeing the cruelty of (and i am not saying a bad way. would be one to set and talk with little one, explaining as part of life). probably will end up with a couple days or more sadness, or not wanting to be alone or challenge sleeping, (when closing eyes, seeing it again). unless that child is accustomed to it. many people do not experience dead deer. so walking up on it, yes, ... can be "harmful", not the end of the world.

i think it is kinda mean to do to little kids, but so many on this board think we ought to have little adults at 1.... all world lesson learned immediately without allowing the time to learn them, and age appropriately.

i lived on the farm, and as much as my brothers demanded i toughen up, and not be so prissy, i never did. not who i was. reaching 50 and brother still has conversation about why i would not accept certain things living on a farm. i finally told him... not who i was, am or will be, suck it up. not all of us are the same and cannot force certain behaviors on all.

sad at death is a normal thing. and no, i do not believe it is an automatic curiosity to that death. many would shun and turn away, not walk to.