text: what are the problems encountered by the children in facing the reality of life ?   death. of all, i find that death is one of the realities of life that children find the most weird. they cannot cope very easily with the loss of a friend, a family member or anybody close to them. heck, even the death of a complete stranger baffles them. the dead goldfish, the tabby puss - anything that encounters with death, will completely scare the children.  most of the time, they fear that death will come to take away their remaining loved ones. the only way i see to solve this is to explain and reassure them that death is not something that should be feared, but something that should be respected; a whole new level where death is a better place for people to go to. it is a place of peace and love. in this way, children believe that death is no longer a place of sadness or sorrow and to that they hold forever...