When my dad was still alive and fighting cancer, we decided not to shelter out children from what was going on (the boys were 11 and 7 at the time). We had very honest and frank discussions with them about what BePa (that is what they called my dad) was going through and the possible outcomes. As a result, when he decided to stop chemo therapy and enter hospice, they were more emotionally prepared for it than my 37 year old sister (who was kind of shielded from it all by my mother).
People tend to not give kids enough credit when it comes to issues adults are uncomfortable dealing with. On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > I will tell you that back in the 80's I was a total homophobe. I met a > girl who was in the same company as I was when stationed in Germany. We > dated for a couple years and she really opened my eyes to many things. > Today I am pretty open minded to a lot of things that I normally would not > have been. I have family members who are totally against it though. > I am happy that I raised my daughter to be open minded as well. > I agree with Louis. Don't be a puss with your kids and hope someone else > tells them what happens in life. Sit down, be a parent and explain life to > them and see what happens. > > On 3/29/13 8:38 AM, "Cameron Childress" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >This pretty much sums it up for me... > > > >http://imgur.com/gallery/gNgnB > > > >I haven't been paying attention. Is there anyone on the list who's against > >it? I honestly am not sure I know anyone personally among friends / family > >who's against it. > > > >-Cameron > > > >... > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362226 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
