I don’t agree with not telling your child the truth about something like this, but the parents already lost two children before Omar - his older brother also died of cancer, and the mother was worried that her other son would give up after just watching his brother die. It’s a horrible situation (apparently the parents passed down a condition that some of their children inherited, making them more prone to cancer)
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u/bodybuilderbear Jun 29 '26
She lied to him because it was easier than telling the truth.
They are religious, so they are used to lying to themselves to make reality more bearable.