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**Rhort** · 11-12-2008, 07:21 AM

Get either Bambi, or Tarka The Otter on DVD and watch it with her. Watership Down is another good one, but might be a bit grown up for a four-year-old. This will help to set the 'death is part of life' philosophy you're looking at into perspective for her, as each of the central characters loses their mother during the film.

The hard part is making her understand that this won't happen to her, or you, like, tomorrow; I have the same issue with my two-year-old at the moment, when his dinner's too hot and he has to wait for it to cool a bit, but of course, there I have the advantage of it being something that happens repeatedly.

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Rhort Waster Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 3,199 OS: XP SP1	Re: How do I tell a 4 yr old her Hamster died? Get either Bambi, or Tarka The Otter on DVD and watch it with her. Watership Down is another good one, but might be a bit grown up for a four-year-old. This will help to set the 'death is part of life' philosophy you're looking at into perspective for her, as each of the central characters loses their mother during the film. The hard part is making her understand that this won't happen to her, or you, like, tomorrow; I have the same issue with my two-year-old at the moment, when his dinner's too hot and he has to wait for it to cool a bit, but of course, there I have the advantage of it being something that happens repeatedly.