re: #77 prairiefire

I’m not an expert, but I think that the episode with their dead sibling had the potential to be very traumatic to the Santorum children. Perhaps it was therapeutic. I guess we will have to wait for the tell all book from that generation.

You are right, if done right, it could be instructive and therapeutic.

Death is part of life. The dead do not have to be immediately “disappeared” from view. Most cultures interact with the body for at least a day after death if not more.

I don’t have the answers. I know their grief was strong and possibly mind-numbing in its intensity. It is possible the other children were strongly affected… but if that means they came away with a deeper and more realistic view of the human place in the universe and the realities of life and death and illness…

well who are we to judge.

I’d much rather criticize Santorum for the divisiveness of the “detachment” word, and leave him alone on his baby.

But that’s just me.