In an original essay, Lauren Taylor tells Newsweek of what it's like to be a mortician.
In my profession, there are many causes of death for children. The scenes I would be called on more frequently involved farming equipment, choking deaths involving certain foods, winter-weather related deaths typically involving sledding or falling into the water and drowning, and jump ropes. But the three main ones I see are jump ropes, specific foods, and sledding accidents. When I was in community college in 2013, an accidental child death stuck with me, and it involved a jump rope.
Often, I feel that some parents view toys as harmless but they may not realize how dangerous they could be. I have also banned all toys that include strings from my household. Although many toy companies manufacture these toys so that the string isn't very long, a child's neck is small and fragile. A child's trachea is very small, and when small popcorn pieces get lodged in there, it's very difficult for the child to breathe. I felt that my dad was helpless in some of these situations, as he wanted to save the child's life, but couldn't. I remember seeing my dad coming home and crying, visibly upset because of the things he had seen.
After doing some research, I realized that a lot of the people who were leaving hate comments under my posts did not have children. I feel that as morticians, we often do not handle the emotional turmoil that comes with our job very well, as we don't have enough resources. In school, I was told to disassociate from the trauma that comes with seeing a family mourning their child's death.
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