A child's grief

Children grieve in a variety of ways, some similar and some very different than adults. Similar feelings include anger, guilt, sadness, depression, fear and anxiety. However, because children are still developing, symptoms of a child's grief are most often behavioral. Manifestations of a child's grief include:

Sleeplessness

Loss of appetite

Poor school performance

Crying

Nightmares

Clingy behavior

Overactivity, hyperactivity

Irritability, anger

Magical thinking about the deceased

Regressive behavior

Poor concentration

Disorganization

Physical ailments