Understanding Of Death In Children

From the study above, it is clear that parents and pediatricians really not think that children have an evolved understanding of death. Parents usually had a slightly better understanding of what children understand compared to the pediatricians, contrary to what was originally thought, seeing as the doctors spend the majority of their time with many different children. The unwillingness or awkwardness of talking with the children about death was verily equal between the pediatricians and the parents, showing the underlying issue of adults not knowing what exactly children understand about death (Vianello & Lucamante 2015). From the results of the study it is easily seen that parents and pediatricians have little to no understanding of what a child comprehends when it comes to death. If adults in general, would spend the time to answer questions, ask questions, and use prime …show more content…
Parents and guardians need to pay special attention to children after they experience a death in the family, or death of someone important to them. Dr. Karns laid out some important guidelines that should be followed when helping children cope and understand death. Beginning with the most important, being honest with the child. Children, most of the time, understand a lot more than typically is thought. It is also important to use words like death, die, and dead, rather than the fluffy words, it does not help ease the child, instead it confuses and distracts them. Always be sure to explain to the children the situation fully, give them all the necessary details, do not try to leave the child in the dark to