Children aged 5-10 years old are at a developmental stage and have a wider understanding of death and what it means. ![💜](https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t96/1/16/1f49c.png)
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They begin to realise that death is the end of a person’s life, and that the person who has died won’t return, which can increase a child’s anxieties about deaths.
Here’s how you can support them ![👇](https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4f/1/16/1f447.png)
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