miscarriage is the "nice" term for what is medically known as a spontanous abortion. Thus if you told a child that all abortions are murder, and are at the hands of the mother--you are LYING to the child.

I think at 7 y/o you should just explain that sometimes after a woman finds out that she's pregnant, circumstances can cause her to not be pregnant anymore and the baby inside of her goes to heaven (or a better place--or whatever it is that you believe in.)

I'd leave my own opinions out of the discussion. Unfortunately, the harder a parent tries to cram their beliefs down the throat of the child, then the more likely a child is to rebel about those beliefs.

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