A grieving child may show a variety of feelings or show none at all. This can be a result of not fully understanding what is going on or not knowing how to react. Their age, the circumstances of their loss, and their feelings influence their reaction. A grieving child may resort to behaving much younger than they actually are or start throwing temper tantrums.

Effect of Various Childhood Trauma on Children’s Behavior

The four year old boy heard the arguing and started scanning for a place to hide. Whenever his mother started arguing with her boyfriend, it wouldn’t be long before she came looking for him. The bruises had finally started to fade from the last time his mother hit him. The boy crept under his bed…

Ripple Effect of Incarceration on Children

The boy only remembers the colorful flashing lights and the sounds of yelling. When he crawled out from under his bed, the boy saw his father being handcuffed and escorted to a police car. It was at that instant when the boy’s life would forever change. His mother could no longer afford to pay the…

Helping Children Cope with Terrorism

The media coverage of the terrorism attack was all encompassing. It was on television, social media, news websites and even YouTube. It was hard to escape the video taken of the attack and the immediate aftermath. The seven year old boy was starting to worry that such an attack could happen in his town. He…