It is final and irreversible. Although personal death is presumed to be unlikely. Studies have shown, however, that there is considerable variability among children at different ages regarding their understanding of death. Not surprisingly, children who have had experience with death appear to have a more mature understanding of the construct. How Children are Disadvantaged as Grievers 1.
Children are immature in their thinking abilities.
Your aunt die. Now she is sleeping forever. Children are limited in what they can do and when they can do it. Adults may have people and resources to turn to for help in sorting out the confusing feelings of grief. Children may not have had the development experiences that have taught them that pain will subside and that life will go on.