Surviving loss and grief
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This essay will convey a secure knowledge and understanding of the importance of appropriate children's literature in relation to the child's development. It will develop an ability to identify texts which influence children's personal, social and emotional development in the Early Years. This will correspond particularly to children who experience loss, change and grief. The essay will have a detailed understanding of the impact of loss on young children's lives, demonstrating a critical knowledge of theories of loss and grief. It will also show appreciation for the uncertainty, ambiguity and the limits of knowledge in relation to loss and grief in young children. There are various events in children's lives which may have potentially harmful physical, social and emotional consequences. In the past, Bowlby (1980) suggests, it was confidently believed that a young child soon forgets its mother and so gets over the misery of not having her around and...


