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Children and Death
Children and Death
- When a death occurs, someone close to a child should inform them about the death as soon as possible.
- Explain what will happen next. Tell them about the visitation, or wake, and the funeral services and the interment.
- Reassure them that even though a parent or family member has died, the child will still be loved and cared for by their family.
- Children can often react to death in surprising and erratic ways, such as regression, violently lashing out, or by pretending to be dying or "play dead".
- Don't be afraid to express your own grief. Children often take their cues on behavior from adult family members.
- A child should attend the funeral if he or she chooses to, although they should not be forced to go. If you try to protect a child by keeping them a way from the funeral, you may make the child feel shut out or rejected.
Additional information to help children experiencing a loss.
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