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Written by our newest contributor – Colleen Kessler of Raising Lifelong Learners<\/a>
\n<\/em>(Welcome, Colleen!)<\/em><\/p>\n

“But what if the sun explodes while we’re still living? It’s old, and stars eventually die a fiery death, taking everything in their path along with them. That means the Earth — and us<\/em> — will die a painful, fiery death, too.” She was staring up at me, tears welling in her eyes, lips trembling.<\/p>\n

This was not the time to sit her down and explain the unlikelihood of the sun exploding in her lifetime.<\/p>\n

My girl is super-sweet, highly empathetic, imaginative, very precocious, and struggles with generalized anxiety disorder<\/a> with a dash of existentialism thrown in for good measure. She has BIG worries<\/a>, and minimalizing those fears in the moment would be akin to throwing a pail of water on a wildfire — it would help me feel like I’m doing something, but it wouldn’t do a darn thing to actually help in the long run.<\/p>\n

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