grieving child
Youth processing loss
A grieving child is a young person processing the death of someone close to them—typically a parent, sibling, or grandparent.
The phrase appears in contexts of bereavement support, therapy, and family counseling: Resources for the grieving child, How to talk to a grieving child.
Children grieve differently than adults, often in bursts rather than sustained mourning.
- mourningPeriod following loss
- tearfulProne to weeping
- orphanChild whose parents died
- lossBeing without something
- sadEmotionally low
funeral · bereaved · crying · parent · death · saying goodbye · lonely · confused · hurting · vulnerable · comforting · holding hands · teddy bear · missing · withdrawn · trauma · night terrors · innocence