Children_And_Death

Children And Death Introduction: Children and Grief Children can only conceive of death according to their stage of development. The children’s emotional understanding is not based entirely on their age. Therefore, children who have come into contact with the death of a loved one may have a greater understanding of the concept of death than other children their age. As Children Grieve Children’s interpretation of death will depend on the amount of knowledge they have acquired emotionally, physically, and intellectually. Children must learn that death is a final and last act, instead of one that can be reversed or avoided. Children’s ability to understand death happens through their experiences and their social interactions with others; therefore, children express grief differently. Thus, their actions and reactions are closely related to their developmental stage and understanding. Very young children often view death as temporary. This belief is reinforced through television, especially through cartoon characters that die then comes back to life. As children get older they begin to understand child, , death, children, grief, should, person, fear, one, feel, die, because, young, understand, through, reactions, feelings, understanding, time, saying, questions, love, help, child’s, being, age, adults, act, way, told, therefore, take, stage, someone, remember, normal