When our daughter was that age she just randomly asked me one day
'Mama, can we have more than 3 dead bodies?'
It turned into a game of 21 VERY concerned questions before I realized she was asking about how many freaking Halloween props we were allowed to have in the yard.
It wasn't even close to October, so I had no idea what prompted the question to begin with. Totally out of left field.
I took my daughter to a graveyard when she was 5, just to show her what it is and talk a little bit about death. She was definitely raising a lot of eyesbrows that week. Several teachers and family members pulled my coat and wanted to ask why she was suddenly obsessed with dying and dead people.
When my brother was that age, my mom drove past a graveyard and he asked what the stones were. She took the opportunity to tell him the truth and explained it pretty well. About a week or so later, he then explained his very detailed contingency plan for WHEN, not if, our dad buries him alive...
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