Reply #2: Of course a six year old could form that intent.

[RaleighNCDUer]

The child may not really comprehend it, but even that is not a given - by the time a kid is six he's probably seen a hundred thousand 'deaths' on TV, and you can be sure he's thought about what it means.

The fact is, our culture avoids contemplation of death. Even as it seems to be celebrated in our movies, the religious establishment insists that death is not final, that we will all rise from the dead, blah blah blah. As we culturally avoid the finality of death why should it surprise anyone when a child commits suicide? How many times have we heard "He's in a better place now"?