Man. My son just discovered the concept of dying. His uncle committed suicide last year and we’ve got his ashes in a box with his picture. My son went up to his ashes and said, “Uncle not come back.” We don’t think about how these choices affect kids’ understanding of life.
On the surface, at least. They’re still forming their ideas of how the world works. For us, the world shouldn’t work this way where we lose someone. We resist. But they accept as total fact and that can also be dangerous.