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For the school aged child, like the younger child, grief crisis may interrupt age appropriate activities and force a child to address issues for which the child is not developmentally prepared. Children this age might believe that certain behavior will bring their loved ones back.
Don't take your child to a funeral just so he can understand this; children this age don't have the capacity to completely grasp the concept of death. Seeing someone in a casket can be very frightening to them. Children should never be forced to 'view' an open casket if they are frightened, Markham warned. RELATED: 20 Discipline Mistakes All Moms Make. School-Age Children. By age 7 or so, most children understand the permanence of death. A school-age child is also old enough to attend a funeral, but only if he wants to. Give your child the choice of whether he wants to go or not, without any pressure or coercion to go, Markham advised. Seeing friends and family at the funeral can be a source of comfort to some children.