Why Do People Die? Questions About Death

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

Vermont Public

Nature, Language, Science, Kids & Family

4.3 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

This episode of But Why is a serious one. We're talking about death. Why do people die when they get too old? What happens to people when they die? What does it feel like when you're dead? Our guide is Jana DeCristofaro from the Dougy Center: The National Center for Grieving Children in Portland, Oregon, which supports children and families facing serious illness or coping with the loss of a family member.

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0:00.0	This is But Why, a podcast for curious kids.
0:25.3	I'm Jane Lentholm.
0:27.2	Today's episode is a serious one.
0:29.2	We're going to talk about a difficult topic.
0:31.2	Death.
0:32.2	Adults who are listening, you might want to give this episode a preview on your own
0:36.1	to make sure it's right for the little ones in your life, or at least stick around and
0:40.2	listen together.
0:41.2	Your kids might have questions, and we're actually going to include a couple of quiet
0:45.0	breaks inside this episode.
0:47.4	In case your young companions have questions, or want to start a conversation with you.
0:51.8	Over the months that we've been doing this show, we've gotten a couple of questions from
0:55.4	you all about death.
0:57.3	Why we have to die?
0:58.6	Why people die of old age?
1:00.2	What happens when we die?
1:03.0	Sometimes adults might tell you, oh you don't need to worry about that, or let's not talk
1:06.6	about it.
1:08.0	But it's natural to wonder about what death is, especially if someone you know, or maybe
1:13.1	a pet that you love, has recently died.
1:16.4	So we want to take some time to explore your questions today, and we asked Janet de
1:20.7	Christophero for help.
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