The grief of a child is more complex than that of an adult, for a number of reasons. If a child loses a parent, that parent is lost. A child who loses a sibling loses not only that sibling but also both parents, for a time. A child may find, following the death of a baby, that one parent becomes lost through divorce, because the rate of family breakdown after the death of a baby is high.
Children revisit their grief as they mature.
Psychological time is different from chronological time in that when the child is ready there is work to be done. A child who loses a sibling will revisit grief many times before adulthood. Grief is likened to an onion - as you peel away the layers it makes you cry. But often children don t often show their grief by crying. Children will use different media to express their grief.