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    This document provides guidance on helping grieving children at different age levels understand death and process their grief in a healthy way. It notes that 1 in 20 American children under 15 loses one or both parents and in a school of 800 students, 24 will experience the death of a family member. Younger children may not understand death is permanent or think they are to blame. The document offers 8 tips, such as writing down memories, listening to children, showing your own emotions, and spending time with them.

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    This document provides guidance on helping grieving children at different age levels understand death and process their grief in a healthy way. It notes that 1 in 20 American children under 15 loses one or both parents and in a school of 800 students, 24 will experience the death of a family member. Younger children may not understand death is permanent or think they are to blame. The document offers 8 tips, such as writing down memories, listening to children, showing your own emotions, and spending time with them.

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    LIFE AND LOSS: A

    GUIDE TO HELP
    GRIEVING CHILDREN
    BY LINDA GOLDMAN
    "MANY CLINICIANS
    "ONE OUT OF EVERY 20 RECOGNIZE THAT
    DENYING OR IGNORING
    AMERICAN CHILDREN GRIEF ISSUES IN CHILDREN
    UNDER AGE 15 LOSES LEAVES THEM FEELING
    ALONE AND THAT
    ONE OR BOTH PARENTS ACKNOWLEDGING LOSS IS
    DUE TO DEATH" (STEEN, CRUCIAL PART OF A

    1998, P.54). IT IS
    CHILD’S HEALTHY
    DEVELOPMENT. REALLY
    GRIEVING
    ESTIMATED THAT IN A DEALING WITH LOSS IN
    PRODUCTIVE WAYS,
    CHILDREN
    SECONDARY SCHOOL HOWEVER, IS SOMETIMES
    BRINLEE MACKAY
    OF 800 PUPILS, 24 EASIER SAID THAN DONE."

    CHILDREN WILL
    EXPERIENCE A DEATH
    OF A FAMILY MEMBER
    (KMIETOWICZ, 2000)"
    HOW DIFFERENT
    AGES UNDERSTAND 8 HELPFUL TIPS TO
    DEATH HELP AGRIEVING SOURCES:
    CHILD
    Infants:
    Write down memories, look at Helping grieving children and teenagers. (2020,
    -No understanding of death
    pictures, drawing pictures June 25). Retrieved March 15, 2021, from
    -May ask or look for lost loved one
    https://www.cancer.net/coping-with-
    cancer/managing-emotions/grief-and-
    When answering your child's questions
    loss/helping-grieving-children-and-teenagers
    Ages 3-6: about death, it is important to give
    -Believe it is temporary honest and factual information
    -Think they can bring back loved ones if they
    are good enough Listen carefully to everything they Services, J. (n.d.). Wilmington. Retrieved March
    -Can't put feelings into words
    have to say
    15, 2021, from

    Understand and expect all their https://www.yasikfuneralhome.com/ten-ways-


    emotions, provide them with an you-can-help-your-grieving-child
    Ages 6-12: environment where they feel
    -Understand death is final comfortable to express all emotions
    -Interested in details
    Spending time with children does
    -May worry they are to blame for death wonders in helping cope with death Are We Meeting the Challenge?( July 2001)Teri
    -Understands death happenes to everyone Busch and Cathy S. Kimble

    Assure your child that they will be


    safe and well taken care of
    Ages 13-18: GOLDMAN, L. (2021). LIFE AND LOSS: A guide
    -May question their understanding of the to help grieving children. S.l.: ROUTLEDGE.
    Express your emotions with your child.
    world Being open with them will encourage
    -May deny support them to be open with you
    -Can act out in anger
    Respect your child and their opinion
    as a valuable member of the family

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