Children get over loss quickly. No one gets over significant loss. Children, like adults, will learn to live with the loss. They may revisit that loss at different points in their lives and experience grief again. Children are permanently scarred by loss.
Children are resilient .
By providing solid support and strong consistent care, adults can help children cope with loss. Talking with children and adolescents is the most effective approach in dealing with loss. Different approaches are helpful to young people. Play, art, dance, music, and ritual are all valuable modes of expression that allow them to say what words cannot. Helping children and adolescents deal with loss is the family s responsibility.