Birth is an entry into, and Death is an exit from a particular biological system. Birth is a dip in and Death is a come out.
We took birth in this particular body, because we wanted to be born in this particular body in this particular time to these particular parents.
We choose among several potential parents those most suitable to us. We choose,... we intend,... we make decisions. If we have not decided to be born to our particular parents, we would never be born to them.
Our foremost duty should be the study our own self, and discovering answers to the following questions: 1. Who are we? 2. Where do we come from? 3. What exactly is Birth? 4. What exactly is Death? 5. What exactly is Life? 6. What exactly is the source of human misery? 7. Is misery self-inflicted, or decreed by God, over which we don't have any authority.
We should encourage children to become Masters. We should not consider children as mere children. They have taken many births before this life. Nobody is merely a 'child'. An Advanced Soul could be in a child's body. We have to treat them like Masters. We have to talk to them about the theme of Mastery.