Grieving in Childhood

Children and young people can experience feelings of grief for many reasons. Grief can arise out of separation from a loved one, leaving a family home, loss of health, death of a pet, or death of a loved one or friend.

Reviewed August 2011

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Title:   Dealing with suicide
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   A story by a young person about dealing with the suicide of a friend.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Bushfires and children
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Research on children who have been directly affected by bushfires shows that some children experience emotional distress for a long time after the bushfire.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Grief explained
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Grief is our response to loss, which may be a death, divorce, separation or other loss. Grief can affect our thoughts, feelings, behaviours and beliefs, and our relationships with others. It is important not to 'speed up' grief or grieving, and some people may need professional help from a doctor, counsellor or other professional. Children and teenagers experience grief and associated emotions very strongly.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Loss and grief
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Loss and the grief we feel can give us a whole lot of intense feelings. It is natural to feel overwhelmed with pain, even angry or numb. This article is about dealing with the grief after the loss of someone or something really important to you. It looks at doing things in your own style, your own time and in a healthy way
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Grieving - working through loss
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   We all get sad when something or someone that we care for goes out of our lives for a while. But what if someone (or something) we love goes out of our lives for ever?
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Family breakups - supporting children
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Children of all ages can experience grief, anger, sadness and confusion over the breakup of their family. Sometimes, they may blame themselves if parents separate or divorce. Parents can help kids by giving them honest explanations and emotional support. Children's feelings may include sadness, anger, fear, jealousy and insecurity.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Aboriginal - kids grieve too
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Sometimes adults can be so sad with their own suffering that children's pain can be overlooked. Kids grieve too and from an early age, but not in the same way that adults do.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Grief and children
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Children can experience grief and loss from a very young age. Children dealing with grief may act out feelings, experience changes in sleep and eating patterns, display younger behaviours (regress) such as thumb sucking or bedwetting, or display anger or frustration. It can be difficult to talk to a child about death but it is important to be honest with them.
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Helping a friend after someone has died
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   This fact sheet contains information on supporting friends after someone they care about has died.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   After Someone has Died - Some Practical Issues
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   This fact sheet outlines some of the reactions you or someone you know may have.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Grief and loss
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Growing up is an ongoing process of change that involves losses as well as gains. Children can learn to manage and deal with the losses that will happen throughout their lives.
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Talking with young children about death
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   A guide to talking about death with children, and dealing with your children's questions about people dying.
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Children and grief
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   Practical information is provided about how to deal with children who are experiencing grief and loss.
Date:   Nov 2009
Title:   Grief and loss
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   Discusses ways in which parents and carers can help children and young people cope with grief and loss.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Helping your children after a suicide
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   This article is intended for parents whose children or teenagers have experienced the loss of a friend or another student at school through suicide, although much of the information will apply in other situations.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Supporting children and young people after suicide
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   This fact sheet provides advice on how to help children and young people cope after loss of a loved one or friend through suicide.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Coping after suicide - information for young people
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   It hurts when someone you love or someone who was important to you dies. The loss and the hurt leave you grieving, which can be painful and frightening. It may seem like everything is out of control.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Grief and loss
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   Information is provided about the range of emotions commonly experienced by people who suffer a loss of some kind.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Loss of a child
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   The loss of a child is devastating. Parental grief has been described as being more intense than grief in response to other losses, regardless of the age of the child.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Children and grief and loss
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Children grieve in a different way from adults. Grief may affect their behaviour, the way in which they take in information, and their need for support. This will depend on the child or teenager, their age, and their emotional maturity.
Date:   May 2009

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