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Show Children with losses need to learn to grieve Children are sometimes called the "forgotten grievers" because adults become caught up in their grief processes. Children experience grief not only in response to the death of a loved one, but whenever they experience a significant loss. They grieve when friends move away, when parents divorce, when pets run away. When a death of a loved one occurs, children experience ex-perience the same emotion as do adults, but tend to express them in slightly different ways. It is inappropriate to shield children from sorrow. Children do not understand when a parent withdraws from them in their own sorrow. Any time a death occurs it is best to be honest. The more honest you can be about a fatal illness or accident the more you can reassure your child that he didn't cause it. Tell him as much as you think he can understand and he will not be frightened by the details iv universal questions all children about death are, "Why did person I love leave me?," " ' J because I was bad?," " angry at someone, will thai Jf them die?" Because children!, responsible when someone dies it important for families to share it' feelings of grief. 1 $ Some possible grief reactions J children are denial - "He will co," back. He will. He will." -distress - stomach aches, sleet problems, eating problems, anger' acting out in inappr'opriait aggressive ways; anxieh regression; school problems, etc Hospice of IHC Home Care f conclude its summer series s bereavement groups with a meeiiK ' on family grieving, Aug. 10, at the.-office the.-office at 1842 So. Columbia Law Orem. The time will be 7-8:30 prr Anyone is welcome and the meeta is free. i |
