[HPFGU-OTChatter] Helping Muggle children handle end of book 6 (spoilers)

[Katherine Coble]

On Jul 23, 2005, at 5:46 PM, Mhochberg at aol.com wrote:

> As more and more young (under age 10) children are finishing book 6, I 
> am
> having to explain, help understand, soothe, and otherwise deal with 
> some very
> upset children.
>
> Does anyone have suggestions on how to handle this? My son, who is 14, 
> says
> he can't talk about it because he is too upset. A ten year old girl 
> just looks
>  at me and cries. A 9 year old boy is angry and yelling at everyone 
> about it.
>
> ---Mary
>
>

I wish I had good ideas for this.  It was hard enough for me to handle 
at 35.  I can only imagine what it's like for young kids.

I would say that it is probably a good time to remind them of DD's 
words at the end of book 1  about death being the next great adventure. 
  Maybe it would also be good for them to hear Gandalf's speech in 
LOTR:ROTK about the undiscovered country of death.

I know it's hard, but the only way for humans to triumph over death is 
to defeat our fear of it.  It seemed that DD wasn't afraid of death, 
and so he did triumph over it.

Katherine