I had the same experience, also in German, when I told my 7 yo son that his grandmother (who had been fighting cancer for a few years) “no longer suffering”. He was at first happy. He’s most likely forgotten but that experience will stay with me for the rest of my life.
In this case it was a euphemism an adult would have understood but a child could not, at least as the first statement.
In this case it was a euphemism an adult would have understood but a child could not, at least as the first statement.