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The Dr. Laura Podcast

My Son is Afraid of Me Dying

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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My Son is Afraid of Me Dying - Jerome is an older dad with a 9-year-old son who worries about death and living without his father. - Dr. Laura: "Remind your son that you're teaching him how to handle life on his own and that he will do the same for his child someday." - Did your children ever express a fear of death? Email me your thoughts at: drlaura@drlaura.com | To participate on the radio program; call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment - https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from two to five PM Eastern time on serious XM triumph 11.

0:11.0

You're home. Welcome to the program. Hello. Hello Jerome. What can I do for you? Hi. I am 55 years old. I have a nine year old son.

0:27.0

And he is terrified that about what's going to happen to him when I die. And I'm not sure where he got this from, but he's a easiest nervous that he'll be alone in the world.

0:53.0

And he thinks of that on that 55. He thinks that, you know, he does the numbers, you know, 10 years, I'll be 65, 20 years, I'll be 75. And, you know, he has it up for himself.

1:09.0

Well, hold on a second. Hold on a second. Well, somebody died. Somebody said something. And if you don't know what it is, I wish you'd explore his him some more and get more information. But basically what you're going to tell him is that you worried about the same thing when you were a kid.

1:26.0

But the point is you're thinking about it like a nine year old thinking if I'm not here who's going to make dinner who's going to pay the bills. But in 20 years, you're going to be almost 30 years old married with screaming kids and a dog that pukes on the carpet.

1:42.0

And you're going to know exactly how to take care of yourself. That's what you're learning to do now.

1:48.0

And your kids, you will teach them and then they will know when you pass because you've taught them how to take care of themselves. So let's talk about what you're going to learn.

1:58.0

So instead of what a fear. Let's add up the numbers and start instead of doing that. Help him prepare for the future. Say you're right. Some day I won't be here, but you won't be nine years old with nobody paying the bills.

2:12.0

So in 20 years, even 10 years and show them on the net that the what the average lifespan is for a guy who's not that healthy and for a guy who is that healthy and hopefully you're healthy.

2:23.0

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2:31.0

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3:36.0

And that he's going to be an adult male with his own family by then, not paying much attention to you at all. For getting your birthday.

3:49.0

Going to her parents house for Christmas, make humor out of it. And I think I believe that's the way you handle this. You frame shift his thinking.

4:00.0

Because he's thinking like a nine year old imagining that in 10 years he'll be exactly where he is now with nobody to take care of him.

4:09.0

Doesn't have the perspective of the future and his own growth and aging.

4:16.0

I go do the right things.

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