Is this really true?

Oops... an innocent conversation at dinner turns into tears...

Teagan (5 years old):  Why do some old people die?
Mommy: Well, everyone dies.
Teagan:  (smiling) What?  ...Is this really true? (looking at Daddy)
Daddy:  Well... yeah.
Teagan:  (tears welling in her eyes)
Mommy:  But everyone does!  And we're talking, in, like... 100 years!!!
Teagan:  (crying)
Mommy:  (desperate) And some people believe when you die you go to heaven and see everyone else who died!
Daddy: (chiming in) And some people think you get born again as someone else!
Teagan: (crying) But, but... then what is the world for?
Mommy:  (laughing) Yeah, well... that's the question everyone tries to figure out while they are alive!
Zoe (7 years old):  Well, the one thing I know is that the Earth will always be here.
Mommy (to Daddy):  Shall we just pile on at this point?
Mommy (to Zoe):  Actually, that's not true.  Especially if people don't recycle and use too much energy...
Zoe (upset):  What!?!?  No one told me this!!!!!
Daddy:  Well, once the sun dies, our entire solar system will be destroyed.
Zoe: What!?  The sun can die!?!?
Daddy:  Well, it's a star and all stars have a life span.  But this is in millions of years!

This discussion is still going on, but had to come document it ASAP...

Parents... crushing dreams since the beginning of time... and til the sun explodes.