How Do You Explain Death To A 5-10 Year Old Child?
At the ages of five through ten, children mostly understand that death is final…but some might still think that the dead person is going to come back. Following are some steps on helping you explain death to this age group. CHILDREN IN THIS AGE GROUP NEED DETAILS. Children can handle the truth and do deserve a detailed explanation of how someone passed away. Be careful not to be too graphic with the explanation. You can say, “That person’s body had an illness and the body couldn’t fight it anymore.” CHILDREN IN THIS AGE GROUP NEED TO KNOW THAT THE PERSON WILL NOT FEEL ANYTHING PHYSICALLY OR EMOTIONALLY ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY WORRY ABOUT THE DECEASED PERSON’S COMFORT LEVEL. You can say, “That person’s body no longer is working. All of the organs stopped working.” “The person does not have any more feelings that they had before like being sad, mad, happy, hurt etc.” or “That person will not eat, drink, get cold, or do anything it used to before.” CHILDREN AT THIS AGE NEED TO KNOW THAT DE
