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CrimsonRain 16 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: An Alien Mind

Or you teach your kid that getting a pet also includes the experience of seeing it die. Then let him cry when the time comes.

embedding-shape 16 days ago [–]

You can do both, one doesn't exclude the other, they might be differently helpful in different situation/at different stages.

CrimsonRain 13 days ago | [–]

I'll keep that in mind.

Can you give some examples?

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