Elkoninova L.I. How to explain death to a child

Elkoninova L.I. How to explain death to a child // Preschool Education Today. 2009, Issue 6 - p. 46-48.

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2009, 6

Ludmila I. Elkoninova
PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor of Department of Developmental Psychology of Moscow City University of Psychology and Education (Moscow, Russia)

Abstract

The article discusses how to explain the phenomenon of death to a child. The author shows that a grownup should refrain from personal experience and own understanding of death when explaining it to a child, keeping in mind psychological traits of young children, - for a grownup in this matter sets a model of death’s perception. The author also advises to use appropriate literature as a tool for accepting death and turning to grief.