Quotedfrom Wolfelt 32) That is true, because I never shed a tear formy grandfather when he died but that doesn not mean I didntcare; he was the type who didnt want a big deal made out ofhimself. Humble if you will. Some response to teensexperiencing death close to them would be to encourage and try tocontinue family communication, possibly with trusted friends. Itis important to have lots of physical touching and for the teento hear the phrase I love you doing this reassures that thoughthere has been a death everything is still the same. There willbe possibilities of changes in the family structure.Death is hard to deal with for everyone, especially forchildren, they view death in various ways at different ages. Theimportant thing is for them to be told the truth and guided withhelp from others to enstill in the child a healthy look uppon theordeal of death....
