I picked up my son from daycare about 15 minutes later than usual one day this week. My reward for this was a groan from my son as he saw me enter just as he was waiting for snacktime (he got to bring his snack home with him) and an announcement from a boy in that class who I had never met before.
The boy, whose name I learned later, approached me and said "The Sun is getting bigger and bigger. It's going to eat up the Earth, but that's okay, 'cause there's going to be a new planet." The teacher was on the other side of the room, so the half dozen other kids nearby looked at me with furrowed brows. I told the boy "The Sun's not going to eat up the Earth." Then, to the other kids, who seemed to collectively sigh with relief "That's nothing to worry about." The boy said to me "The Sun IS going to eat up the Earth. But there's going to be a new planet." He then walked away.
Um...Perhaps a new hypothesis on the results of global warming? Information passed along by little green men? Regardless, don't worry, kids.
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My basic understanding of astonomy is that stars get bigger over time, and eventually expand and swallow up planets before turning supernova.
But in like a million billion years or something. So, in the off-chance that people have survived that long, maybe we'll have found another inhabitable planet.
I like the shortned kid version, though.
It's like playing telephone. Complex scientific theories as presented by small children. Very alarming.
Yeah, I think my basic understanding is along the lines of Noelle's. But that's probably a little more complex than necessary at that age. At least he's not terrified! I used to watch a lot of science shows on PBS as a kid and some of them left me shaking with fear.
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