For those children who often talk about \”death\” disdainfully, it\’s time to catch up on the lesson of death education.

It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road feel like they are dying. Many children can memorize this poem, but few can really understand the meaning of the poem. Because I don\’t understand death, I often talk about \”death\” disdainfully when I am young; but when I reach a certain age, when I really have to face life and death, I panic and cry. As it is said in the \”Tibetan Book of Life and Death\”, we are a nation unprepared for death. We must teach our children this important lesson and teach them about life and death during the Qingming Festival. I hope that he will cherish his life and fear his death; he will be calm and have no regrets in his death. Cover picture: @老树画画 It is estimated that many sisters have watched \”Coco\” with their children. It is a movie that embraces death. A Mexican boy who loves music accidentally enters the world of the dead in search of his musical dream. I thought that the child didn’t understand what death was, but I didn’t expect that after watching the movie, he said to me: “Mom, death is when life passes to another world, but it can still intersect with our world on a certain festival.” Thank you for having such a movie that reveals the mystery of death to children in such a tender way and provides a lesson in death education. In fact, death is an eternal topic for mankind, and no one can get around it. It\’s just that we are all taboo about the word \”death\”. When children ask about it, we either evade it or give random answers. \”Children, don\’t ask so many questions, you will know later\”, \”He just fell asleep\”, \”He went on a trip\”, \”He went to heaven\”… We think this is to protect our children, but in fact, this is the opposite. Will cause more damage. I remember such a little story. A cadre particularly likes to drink. Every time he drinks, he drinks two bottles of Maotai. I got sick twice due to drinking, but luckily I was rescued later. However, he was not so lucky the third time and died. When his son arrived at the hospital, he was hysterical and unwilling to let go. He made a fuss with the doctor: \”How could my dad die? I never thought that my dad would die.\” The doctor said: \”How could you not think about it? No matter how much your dad died, Whoever it is, you should know that there will always be such a day.\” Yes, no matter who it is, we should all know that there will always be such a day. However, when we were growing up, we lacked death education. Just like what is said in the \”Tibetan Book of Life and Death\”, we are a nation unprepared for death. In the United States, death education begins in kindergarten. They will carry out a science project on the development of life, and the children will observe the life development process of different organisms. Nearly every class has an animal to accompany the science project. Some of them will raise caterpillars, some will raise chicks, and some will raise small goldfish… Although the children take good care of them, accidents still happen sometimes. The teacher will seize this opportunity to hold a \”funeral\” with the children, discuss with the children what \”death\” is, let the children share their emotions and feelings, answer the children\’s various questions, and help them find a place for the little animals to live. , and tell the children: \”The little animal brought you a lot of happiness when it was alive, so after it leaves, you should be grateful and affirm the value of its existence.\”This helps children realize the preciousness and fragility of life. As Steve Jobs said, the significance of educating children about death is to let them know the value of life. Zhuangzi said that \”life comes only after death.\” Death is actually a natural thing, but it requires a long period of learning. Death education should not start when something unexpected happens in the family, but should seize every opportunity: fallen leaves on the ground, dead insects, departed pets, paying homage to the deceased during the Qingming Festival, these are the things we teach our children about death. good opportunity. We can even use picture books to let children touch life in a gentle way, and then realize the value and joy of life. I really like this picture book – \”A Leaf Falls\”. This is a book about life. The protagonist of the story is a leaf named Freddy. It and its leaf friends experience the changing seasons, from the swaying breeze of spring to the sunny summer, from the golden and cool autumn to the snowy winter. A small leaf, four short seasons in a year, this is its life. Let me share with you a short story about it. After reading it, you may be able to say \”death\” to your children more calmly and strategically. One day, something strange happened. In the past, the breeze would make them dance, but this day, the wind pushed and pulled the leaf stems, almost as if it was angry. As a result, some leaves were torn off the branches, rolled into the air, scraped around, and finally fell gently to the ground. All the leaves were scared. \”What\’s going on?\” they murmured, you asked me, I asked you. \”That\’s what autumn is like,\” his good friend Daniel told them. \”The time has come for the leaves to move. Some people call it death.\” \”Are we all going to die?\” Freddie asked. \”Yes.\” Daniel said. \”Everything dies. Big or small, strong or weak. We do what we have to do first. We experience the sun and the moon, the wind and the rain. We learn to dance, we learn to laugh. And then we die.\” \”I don\’t want to die!\” Freddie said firmly. \”Are you going to die, Daniel?\” \”Yeah.\” Daniel replied, \”When the time comes, I\’ll die.\” \”When will that be?\” Freddie asked. \”No one knows what day it will be,\” Daniel replied. Freddy noticed that other leaves were falling. He thought: \”It must be their time.\” He saw some leaves struggling with the wind before falling, and some leaves just put his hand down and fell quietly. Soon the entire tree was almost empty. \”I\’m so afraid of death.\” Freddy said to Daniel, \”I don\’t know what\’s down there.\” \”It\’s natural for you to be scared when you face things you don\’t know.\” Daniel comforted him, \”But spring changes You\’re not afraid of summer. You\’re not afraid when summer turns to fall. These are natural changes. Why be afraid of the season of death?\” \”Do our trees die too?\” Freddie asked. . \”Trees will die one day. But there is something stronger than trees, and that is life. Life is always there, and we are all part of it.\” \”Where will we go when we die?\” \”No one know, thisIt\’s a big secret! \”Will we come back in the spring?\” “We may not come back, but life will come back. \”So what\’s the point of all this?\” Freddy continued. \”Why come here if we\’re going to fall and die anyway?\” \”Daniel replied in his usual \”that\’s how it is\” tone, \”It\’s for the sun and the moon, for everyone\’s happy time together, for the shade of the trees, the old and the children, for the autumn colors, for the four seasons, Isn\’t this enough? \”That afternoon, in the golden sunshine of dusk, Daniel let go and left without any struggle. With a leaf, we can explain \”life and death\” clearly to our children: the meaning of life lies in experiencing beauty and bringing happiness to others. Happiness; death does not represent the destruction of all, but another form of new life. Therefore, cherish and revere death when you are alive; be indifferent when you die and live without regrets. This is the life education I want to give to my children.