Whether death education should be carried out among children is a topic worthy of attention. Stupidly, death education does not imply or connive at what children want, but requires them to learn how to protect themselves, know how to respect and cherish life, so as to establish a correct and healthy view of death, and at the same time eliminate their psychological phenomena such as fear and anxiety about death, make psychological preparations for the death of themselves and their loved ones, and turn this understanding into a powerful driving force to cherish life and health, thus improving their life and quality of life.
In our country, "death" is taboo for both children and dying old people. In the family, people try their best to keep their children away from "death" in order not to cause anxiety, fear and anxiety because of witnessing death. However, extremes meet, and excessive taboos make children feel mysterious and curious about "death", and even bring them some incorrect information about death, mistakenly thinking that death is a relaxed and happy thing, and may even give up life because of some trivial things. According to Qilu Evening News, Oda, a 0/0-year-old elementary school student in Changshan Town, Zouping, committed suicide by drinking pesticides because the school organized campus dance activities to require dress code. According to Guangzhou Daily, 9-year-old Xiao Haiyin of Shantou hanged himself with a red scarf after asking his parents for money to treat the disease. Shanghai Oriental TV reported that four primary school students in Shanghai committed suicide by jumping off a building in the first few days of school.
In fact, in foreign countries, death education has long been the norm in the classroom. They let children and even kindergarten children touch their bodies to help them understand and face death, and ask questions in the observation of death. In the classroom of British primary schools, practitioners or nurses in the funeral industry will talk to primary school students about what happens when someone dies, and let students take turns to simulate the coping style in case their parents are killed in a car accident and experience the feeling of suddenly becoming orphans. Some primary schools in the United States even set up a unique "death class", or walked into the crematorium to visit the whole cremation process, and even designed or participated in the simulated "farewell to the remains of loved ones" ceremony. Some primary and secondary schools in Hongkong and Taiwan Province Province also have related courses. For example, Keelung City, Taiwan Province Province has also held a "Life Education Teaching Plan Design" competition. Although some people think that this may leave a shadow on children's minds, most education experts and parents support it.
Death is a natural link in the process of life and a very common thing. Let children understand that life is short from an early age. They will treat life with a scientific attitude, cherish life more and face life with a positive attitude. Otherwise, when the child really lives to face death, it will be too late to think about such a problem. In this case, it is better to teach children how to face it correctly in primary and secondary education.