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Learn More About Grief:Understanding Grief and Loss in ChildrenElements that Impact a Foster or Adopted Child's Grief Developmental GrievingThe Yearly StrugglesHolidays and birthdays can be a difficult time for many foster and adoptive families. This is traditionally a time for family and for a child who is not with his/her birth family, a time for remembering the ones theyve had to say good-bye to. All families have their good moments, even if they are few in number. These moments mean the world to foster children in the system. These memories are sometimes the only thing they have left of birth family. It can, however, be a great bonding moment for foster and adoptive families - a time to sit down and share memories. Here are some ideas:
Remember, developmental grieving, or grief that may surround a traumatic anniversary, can be rough on children. Anniversaries such as the day the child was removed from his/her birth home or past foster home, or the death of birth parents. The children may not remember why they are moody, sad, angry, or regressing in behaviors; but somewhere in their tiny bodies the memory lives on and still haunts them. Be prepared and when stumped on why things seem to be going south, look to the calendar. It may give you a clue! Learn More About Grief:Understanding Grief and Loss in ChildrenElements that Impact a Foster or Adopted Child's Grief |
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