{"id":4181,"date":"2022-04-11T09:06:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T08:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestatterportal.ch\/children-and-dealing-with-death\/"},"modified":"2023-09-20T10:06:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T09:06:52","slug":"children-grieve-differently-understanding-child-bereavement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bestatter.ch\/en\/children-grieve-differently-understanding-child-bereavement\/","title":{"rendered":"Children and dealing with death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"section  dot-bg hero\">\n      <div class=\"container-xl\">\n        <div class=\"row row-cols-1 row-cols-md-2 align-items-center\">\n          <div class=\"col\">\n            <div class=\"get-child-height\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-oversized smaller\" src=\"https:\/\/bestatter.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/omi.avif\" alt=\"\">\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"col ps-lg-3 ps-xxl-5 text\">\n            <p 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from wp -->\n            \n                             <h1>\n                Children and dealing with death              <\/h1>\n                             <p>\n               <p>Every child is different and therefore deals with death and grief differently. Most children don&#8217;t understand until about age 9-10 that people who have died don&#8217;t come back. The most helpful thing is to honestly explain to the children what happened so they can properly assess the situation. If the death of a relative, parent, etc. is not talked about, children will make their own thoughts about it and these can lead to misinterpretations of what happened, which can ultimately become traumatizing for the child.<\/p>\n<p>It is just as important for children to be able to say goodbye to loved ones.<\/p>\n              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col\">\n              <div class=\"get-child-height\">\n                     <img decoding=\"async\"    src=\"https:\/\/bestatter.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/johan-mouchet-mZ-85UhC14I-unsplash.avif\" alt=\"Schweiz. 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In Switzerland it is allowed to give the ashes of the deceased to nature, on a mountain, in the forest or anywhere else in nature. If you also want to give the urn to nature, you must pay attention to what material the urn is made of and what the particular municipality where the urn is to be buried has for regulations.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse-container collapsed\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseExample44421796616595\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"faq-header\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"question\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"color:#2F5D63;\">What is perinatal infant death?<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse\" itemprop=\"description\" id=\"collapseExample44421796616595\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n<p>Perinatal infant death refers to all losses from fertilization of the egg to the first months of life. This refers to stillbirths, ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages, abortions, stillbirths, and also sudden infant death syndrome.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse-container collapsed\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseExample44662055817247\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"faq-header\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"question\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"color:#2F5D63;\">Can a child attend the funeral service?<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse\" itemprop=\"description\" id=\"collapseExample44662055817247\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n<p>It is also important for children to be able to say goodbye to loved ones. At least older children (elementary school age and older) should be able to attend the funeral service. It is important that they prepare their child well for this and explain to them what exactly is happening there.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-6 even\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse-container collapsed\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseExample44111314342889\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"faq-header\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"question\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"color:#2F5D63;\">How to deal with the death of a child?<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse\" itemprop=\"description\" id=\"collapseExample44111314342889\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n<p>Experiencing the death of your own child is one of the most painful things you can imagine. Each person deals with it differently, what can certainly be said is that exchange with other parents who have met the same fate can help. Those affected who get involved with help in the form of exchange, self-help groups or conversations with friends and family can often process the loss better and learn to live with the new situation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse-container collapsed\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseExample44691207941425\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"faq-header\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"question\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"color:#2F5D63;\">Can a child see a deceased person?<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse\" itemprop=\"description\" id=\"collapseExample44691207941425\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n<p>This depends very much on the stage of development of the children and this can probably best estimate the parents whether their child is ready for it or not. After a certain age, they can leave this decision to the children and prepare them well for how, for example, the body will look in the coffin. It can also be beneficial to the child&#8217;s grieving process if the child wishes to see Grandpa or Grandma one more time to say goodbye.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse-container collapsed\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseExample44611437563325\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"faq-header\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"question\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"color:#2F5D63;\">How do children deal with death?<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse\" itemprop=\"description\" id=\"collapseExample44611437563325\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n<p>Every child is different and therefore deals with death and grief differently. Most children don&#8217;t understand until about age 9-10 that people who have died don&#8217;t come back. The most helpful thing for children is to explain to them honestly what happened, so that they can properly assess the situation. If the death (of a relative or parent) is not talked about, children will make up their own minds about it and these can lead to misinterpretations of what happened, which can ultimately be more traumatizing for the child.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should we involve our children and what can we expect them to do?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_latitude":0,"ep_longitude":0,"ep_address":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4181","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"font":"","background_shape":"type3"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestatter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestatter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestatter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestatter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestatter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bestatter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestatter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}