Question by : What Would Happen to A Child If Parents Were Too Literal And Blunt Instead of Using Euphemisms?
Such as with describing things like death.

For example, a family member dies and the parent tells the child “they died”. Child: What’s death? Parent: Death is when the human body stops working forever and slowly rots away into nothing. It happens to everybody eventually.
Child: Will it happen to me?
Parent: Yes, but probably only when you’re a lot older.

Best answer:

Answer by Skittles
The child would grow up to fast and it wouldn’t be normal.
Euphemism would keep the child innocent, which is normal…

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