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Download full textPhillips, Shelley – 1980
Adults must understand the development of the child's concept of death to comprehend children's questions about death and answer them appropriately. Children under 5 years of age view death as reversible and not final and may believe that the dead can breathe, feel, talk and continue to grow. While young children may believe in the reversibility…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Death, Emotional Experience, Emotional Problems
