3. STATISTICS AND PREVALENCE
• 23,600 PARENTS DIED IN UK IN 2015
• IN 2015 THERE WERE 41,000 DEPENDENT CHILDREN WHO LOST THEIR PARENT
• THERE IS ABOUT 112 KIDS A DAY LOSING A PARENT
• 1 IN 20 YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH OF A PARENT
• 78% OF CHILDREN HAVE HAD LOST A PARENT
4. SYMPTOMIC BEHAVIORS
• MAY HAVE LIFE- LONG MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
• IT AFFECTS THERE STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIENCE OF LIFE
• AT A YOUNG AGE THEY CAN’T DETERMINE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEIR INNER OR OUTER
FEELINGS, OR OTHERS FEELINGS
• ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR PARENT
5. STRATEGIES
• CONCRETE PEOPLE IN THEIR LIFE
• LOVE ON THEM
• DON’T LEAVE THEM ALONE, THEY NEED PEOPLE
• LET THEM SPEAK THEIR MIND AND LET THEIR FEELINGS OUT
7. FAMILY MATTERS
• WHAT THE SURVIVING PARENT DOES AFFECTS THE CHILDREN WILL REACT TO DIFFICULT
SITUATIONS
• FAMILY CONDITIONS AFTER THE DEATH PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE
• SPEND MORE TIME TOGETHER AND TRY TO REPLICATE WHAT THAT PARENT DID WITH OR FOR THE
CHILDREN
• DOING THINGS THAT THEY DID WITH THAT PARENT TO HELP THEM HEAL LIKE COOKING
8. KATE KILLION
• KILLION, 53, WHO LOST HER FATHER SUDDENLY WHEN SHE WAS 8 YEARS OLD, SAID THERE WERE VERY FEW BEREAVEMENT
SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN IN THE 1960S.
• "PEOPLE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HOW CHILDREN PROCESS DEATH AND GRIEF," SHE SAID. "THE ADULTS IN MY LIFE TRIED TO
PROTECT ME BY NOT TALKING ABOUT IT. THEY THOUGHT I WOULDN'T THINK ABOUT IT AS MUCH. THAT ISN'T THE CASE.
GIVING CHILDREN THE CHANCE TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS AND HELP THEM PROCESS [LOSS] IS SO IMPORTANT."
• KILLION STARTED DEALING WITH THE LOSS WHEN SHE WAS IN HER 20S BY TALKING OPENLY ABOUT HER FATHER --
SOMETHING SHE COULD NOT DO WITH HER MOTHER, WHO SHUT DOWN AFTER HER FATHER'S DEATH.
• KILLION SAID HER BROTHER, WHO WAS 12 AT THE TIME, NEVER FOUND THE SUPPORT SHE FOUND.
• "HE JUST CLOSED UP. HE'S THAT WAY TO THIS DAY," SHE SAID. "THAT'S HOW MUCH IT CHANGES YOUR LIFE. HE WAS A
VULNERABLE, CONFUSED LITTLE BOY, AND HE STILL HASN'T DEALT WITH IT. IT STAYS WITH YOU FOREVER UNLESS YOU CAN
REALLY GO THERE AND DEAL WITH IT."
9. • VIDEO
• HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=ELE6ISYTJKS
• WORKS CITED
• HTTP://WWW.GOODTHERAPY.ORG/BLOG/PARENT-DEATH-DURING-CHILDHOOD/
• HTTPS://WWW.PSYCHOLOGYTODAY.COM/BLOG/RAISING-GRIEVING-CHILDREN/201008/WHAT-IS-LOST-WHEN-PARENT-DIES
• HTTP://WWW.CNN.COM/2010/HEALTH/03/23/CHILD.BEREAVEMENT.STUDY/INDEX.HTML
• HTTP://WWW.CHILDHOODBEREAVEMENTNETWORK.ORG.UK/RESEARCH/KEY-STATISTICS.ASPX
