"Very young children are deeply affected if a member of their immediatefamily dies, but this is not always understood," said Terry Wragg,co-director at Leeds Animation Workshop. The workshop was commissionedby the Department for Education and Skills' Parenting Fund to produceNot Too Young To Grieve in partnership with the Childhood BereavementNetwork, Cope: The Laura Centre, and the University of Leicester schoolof education.
"Because babies and toddlers can't talk, they express their feelings inother ways. They may go off their food, be unable to sleep, or havetantrums. This can be experienced simply as 'difficult behaviour' byparents or carers - who in most cases will be grieving themselves. Butwith proper care and understanding, children can recover and learn todeal with the experience."
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