Current Approaches to Helping Children Cope with a Parent’s Terminal Illness
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/canjclin.56.4.197/full
Much has been learned about childhood bereavement in the last few decades as studies have increasingly focused on the direct interviewing of children about their recovery from the tragic loss of a parent. It has been shown that children do indeed mourn, although differently from adults.