Hello Monica,
The understanding of the concept of death and dying indeed vary from one age group to another. Different age groups have different ways in which they react to such news around them. Babies tend to be easily irritable due to the sudden change caused by separation; they may cry more and experience a difference in their sleeping pattern (Krepia, 2017). Toddlers also tend to respond to grief by looking for the deceased. They may seem unaffected, but they are aware. They may develop attachments to people who resemble the deceased.
Adolescents tend to hide their emotions so as not to appear weak among their peers. They may express their grief through sudden anger outbursts and bullying others. It is evident that they may isolate from their friends. They worry about practical things after death for example if their needs will be affected by the sudden change
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Reference
Krepia, M., Krepia, V., & Tsilingiri, M. (2017). School children's perception of the concept of death. International Journal of Caring Sciences , 10 (3), 1717-1722.
Hello Rashad
Thank you for sharing. It is evident that adults also respond to grief by mourning, some even get depressed in the process, and they even seek professional help from psychiatrists to help them overcome the loss. They may tend to detach from their places of work by taking leave for some time to give them time to sort out their emotions. The adults may find consolation in their friendship circles or very close relatives who often help them in overcoming the grief. Adults respond to pain more maturely.
It is also notable that, children in their mid-years tend to respond to death by focusing more on how it affects others and not themselves (Stikkelbroek et al., 2016) they have more coping strategies than the younger children, and they may even try to come up with possible solutions that would have prevented the whole situation from happening. They might take up the roles of the deceased like taking care of their siblings to try to maintain a bond with the dead.
Reference
Stikkelbroek, Y., Bodden, D. H., Reitz, E., Vollebergh, W. A., & van Baar, A. L. (2016). Mental health of adolescents before and after the death of a parent or sibling. European child & adolescent psychiatry, 25 (1), 49–59. doi:10.1007/s00787-015-0695-3
