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Short Essey: Adults have a duty to teach children about death

 The Associated Press reported that a boy in Idaho was found dead on December 8th, apparently as a result of playing “The Faint Game”. According to a police office’s report, a game called “The Faint Game” is in fashion among children, in which children grip each other by the throat and enjoy getting a kind of heavily drunk state. And it was found that this boy died while playing this game. This boy’s parents and his friends’ parents, however, have never heard about this game.
 We may say that this news is an example that children are ignorant about death. Adults should keep in mind that children don’t know about death from birth and adults have a duty to teach them about it.

 Adults have experienced various things in their childhood and many things which they didn’t know when they were kids become usual things to them. Especially, they may unconsciously avoid dangerous acts which may result in their death, such as crossing the street without looking, taking too many pills, and so on. But if no one has taught them in their childhood that these acts are dangerous and should be avoided, would they understand these acts might cause death?
 Children don’t know what death is by nature. And they don’t know at all that the acts cited above have a possibility to cause their death. “The Faint Game” is a typical example. Adults know naturally that this game is dangerous and therefore don’t realize they have to teach children about this. But this is obviously a mistake. Adults have to know that children really don’t know about death and the acts causing death and have a duty to teach children about them.

 Children are ignorant from birth. Therefore, adults need to teach them about various things. Especially, the things involved in death are the most important and adults have a duty to teach children about death and the acts causing death.
by kazumi_phys | 2005-12-27 13:35 | Short Essay
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