|
|
This is only a preview of the paper
Click here to register and get the full text.
Existing members click here to login
|
|
|
I decided to write about the feelings and reactions of how children feel when they lose a parent. ... Whether a child loses their mother or their father causes some differing reactions with children. Even the child’s gender can precipitate different reactions to the death of a parent. There are many differing reactions children and adults go through when they lose a parent. ...
Signs of distress in children in which a parent has passed away can include 1. ... In the article Stress and Coping in Children from Young Children magazine May 1986 family events such as the death of a parent is seen as the greatest stress a child can deal with. ...
When a parent dies children react and process the whole experience quite differently than adults. Pre-school children usually see the death as passing and reversible. Pre-adolescent children tend see death more maturely but they may not believe it will happen to them or anyone they know. ... They seem to experience a denial stage similar to that of the five stages Kubler –Ross describes in On Death and Dying. According to Children and Grief from the hospice web site, they say that parents should try to be aware of their child’s reaction to the death within the family as well as to responses that signal the child needs help in coping with the loss. It is normal for some children to feel immediate grief or to believe that the family member is still alive. ... Younger children may believe they are the cause of the death, because they once wished the parent dead. ...
• Regressing to a younger than chronological age for an extended period of time
• Sleep disturbances, changes in appetite, prolonged new fears, of being alone or in the dark, of death, etc. ...
In death the absent parent impacts a child’s development. ... Fathers usually encourage exploring and independence in their children while mothers tend to be more protective. ... Keeping children involved in their normal activities and social contacts for the children. ... When it is the Mother that passes away it is equally distressing for the children, their primary nurturer and security provider is gone. ...
When a teenager experiences the death of a parent they are sometimes hindered in the mourning process. ... They are not children but not yet adults. ... When a death happens during this time frame there could be a sense of guilt or “unfinished business”. ... There may also be a delayed reaction to a death experienced in childhood when adolescence is reached. A child who experiences the death of a parent may again grieve as a teenager when more cognitive skills of abstract thinking are reached and then again as an adult. A teen may experience depression as they question themselves, as well as the meaning of life and death. ... In both instances the children could feel neglected or abandoned. ... A child does not get over a death of a parent they learn to live with it and come to terms with the loss.
Approximate Word count = 2438
Approximate Pages = 9.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
|
|
|
|
|
|