Talking about divorce, drugs, or domestic violence is a regular part of the day's work for anyone working with young people, but try to talk about those other D-words - death and dying - and most people change the subject.
However, statistics highlighted in research published recently by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation show that between four and seven per cent of young people experience the death of a parent before the age of 16, and as many as 92 per cent will experience what they regard as a "significant" bereavement.
Young people also experience loss in the communities to which they belong - a teacher, a neighbour or a member of their social or leisure groups.
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