33girl, As a parent, I would never say, "don't do this because you might end up dead like so and so." about a friend who had died, that is incredibly insensitive. But your comment:
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They didn't need to use another human being or his/her misfortune to do that. If parents can't convey the gravity of the situation to their kids on its own merits, they're pathetic.
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is too strong, IMO.
My brother died by getting into a car with a kid who had been drinking. He was 13 years old. It completely devastated my family! I have told my kids about the experience with the idea that they should know that bad things do happen when you least expect them to and that noone is immune. I hope that they have listened to me because it would kill me if anything happened to them.
Anyway, sometimes parents don't say things kids want to hear and sometimes kids don't hear what we're trying to say because it isn't coming out right. All we can hope is that there is love and understanding in the communication.
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