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    Children of different ages understand and process death differently. Infants may look for or ask about a lost loved one, not understanding death is permanent. Ages 3-6 think they can bring loved ones back by being good. Ages 6-12 understand death is final but may worry they caused it. Ages 13-18 can question their understanding of the world and deny needing support, acting out in anger. The document provides tips for helping grieving children such as writing memories, listening without judgment, expressing emotions openly, and ensuring they feel safe and cared for. Grief affects children's development, so acknowledging their loss is important.

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    Children of different ages understand and process death differently. Infants may look for or ask about a lost loved one, not understanding death is permanent. Ages 3-6 think they can bring loved ones back by being good. Ages 6-12 understand death is final but may worry they caused it. Ages 13-18 can question their understanding of the world and deny needing support, acting out in anger. The document provides tips for helping grieving children such as writing memories, listening without judgment, expressing emotions openly, and ensuring they feel safe and cared for. Grief affects children's development, so acknowledging their loss is important.

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    Children of different ages understand and process death differently. Infants may look for or ask about a lost loved one, not understanding death is permanent. Ages 3-6 think they can bring loved ones back by being good. Ages 6-12 understand death is final but may worry they caused it. Ages 13-18 can question their understanding of the world and deny needing support, acting out in anger. The document provides tips for helping grieving children such as writing memories, listening without judgment, expressing emotions openly, and ensuring they feel safe and cared for. Grief affects children's development, so acknowledging their loss is important.

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    GRIEVING

    CHILDREN
    BRINLEE MACKAY
    How different ages
    understand death
    -No understanding of death

    Infants
    -May ask or look for lost

    loved one

    -Believe it is temporary

    Ages 3-6
    -Think they can bring back

    loved ones if they are good

    enough

    -Can't put feelings into

    words

    -Understand death is final


    Ages 6-12

    -Interested in details

    -May worry they are to

    blame for death

    -Understands death

    happenes to everyone

    -May question their


    Ages 13-18

    understanding of the world

    -May deny support

    -Can act out in anger


    8 helpful tips to help
    your griving child

    Write down memories, look

    at pictures, drawing pictures

    When answering your child's

    questions about death, it is

    important to give honest

    and factual information

    Listen carefully to everything

    they have to say

    Understand and expect all their

    emotions and provide them with

    an environment where they feel

    comfortable to express all

    emotions
    Spending time with children

    does wonders in helping

    cope with death

    Assure your child that they

    will be safe and well taken

    care of

    Express your emotions with

    your child. Being open with

    them will encourage them to

    be open with you

    Respect your child and their

    opinion as a valuable

    member of the family


    "One out of every 20 American children under

    age 15 loses one or both parents due to death"

    (Steen, 1998, p.54). It is estimated that in a

    secondary school of 800 pupils, 24 children will

    experience a death of a family member

    (Kmietowicz, 2000)"

    Life and Loss: A Guide to Help Grieving


    Children
    By Linda Goldman
    "Many clinicians recognize that

    denying or ignoring grief issues in

    children leaves them feeling

    alone and that acknowledging

    loss is crucial part of a child’s

    healthy development. Really

    dealing with loss in productive

    ways, however, is sometimes

    easier said than done."


    Helping grieving children and
    teenagers. (2020, June 25). Retrieved
    March 15, 2021, from
    https://www.cancer.net/coping-with-
    cancer/managing-emotions/grief-and-
    loss/helping-grieving-children-and-
    teenagers

    Services, J. (n.d.). Wilmington.


    Retrieved March 15, 2021, from
    https://www.yasikfuneralhome.c
    om/ten-ways-you-can-help-
    Sources

    your-grieving-child

    Are We Meeting the Challenge?(


    July 2001)Teri Busch and Cathy
    S. Kimble

    GOLDMAN, L. (2021). LIFE AND


    LOSS: A guide to help grieving
    children. S.l.: ROUTLEDGE.

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