Abdul Katz Case 5.07

I disagree completely with this statement. In the film, every moment counts it mentions how Margret whom is three years old currently expressing her feelings and understanding that her baby brother was not going to make it. Kastenbaum mentions how “a child(s) understanding of death is influenced by both maturation level and life experience, although much remains to be learned about the both interaction of these factors” (Kastenbaum 314). Margret seems to be very mature for her age and therefore helps her understand that her brother is dying. Margret’s family communicating with her about her brother’s death could also help her understand for example Kastenbaum mentions how, “develop and maintain an open communication pattern with children is extremely helpful because it helps the child develop skills that would prove to be useful in difficult situations” (Kastenbaum, 325).
In addition, Chapter 10 also mentions how, there are three stages when it comes to children understanding death which are: stage 1 (ages 3-5) death is separation, state 2 (ages 5-9) death is final, death is seen as a person and lastly stage 3 (ages 9-adult) death is …show more content…
It is understandable how adults may feel like children may not understand death and it is also understandable how parents may want protect them because they do not want to harm their child(ren) or break their child(ren) hearts. Death is hard to understand in general. While, this topic is very touchy and emotional to discuss it is extremely important to communicate to help the child(ren) understand what happened and why. This will also help the child(ren) express their feelings as well as help the child(ren) “gain communicational skills that are useful when difficult situations arise” (Kastenbaum,