Hullo Again,

Just remembered... my 4yr old baby boy has talked about how he is scared of heaven and dying...

His Pa had told him about this and explained all about Heaven to him NOT HAPPY as I believe he is too young to understand at his age.

Has anyone else had these questions... ??
Gotta admit it's troubling me a bit

Alli

My boys went through this stage a few months ago, when they were 7 and 4. Eldest DS used to come home after he'd had scripture at school and talk about Heaven etc, so then of course 4 year old DS would hear all of that talk. Older DS used to ask older relatives things like "Are you going to die soon, because you're old?". 4 year old DS then would be obsessing about death and what would happen if me and hubby died, who'd look after them, and how he didn't want us to die and what if he died, was he going to die etc. I think it's just a stage they go through, they understand that you don't live forever but they don't quite get the concept of it (when my eldest DS was about 4, he kept asking if it was time for his Nin to come back from Heaven because he missed her and she'd be gone long enough). So you just have to explain best you can without scaring them that most people don't die until they're really, really old and then they go to Heaven anyway and they live again in Heaven (depending on if you believe in that, of course). It's just a learning phase they go through, and won't last forever.

Thank You SO Much

Very glad to hear that it's a normal stage of their learning.
I'll just keep reassuring him and letting him know how loved he is.

Really appreciate your reply
Thanks Again
Alli