Fear

My daughter, at the age of 9 and quite a bit, has discovered mortality and the fear of loss.

My job is now to explain that (1) she cannot let herself be crippled by these fears, (2) fear is there for a reason, and that reason is to motivate you to do something about preventing the things you fear from happening, and (3) fear is an emotion; you have to take the bad ones along with the good ones. Cutting yourself off from your emotions is not the answer.