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What Grieving Children Want You To Know

What Grieving Children Want You To Know. Andy McNiel, MA, LPC. NYLife and NAGC National Poll. 531 Children & Teens Ages 9 – 18 17 Programs 18 Compete the Statement More than One Option 3 Open Ended. The most helpful things?. 55% indicated… “Spending time with Family.”.

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What Grieving Children Want You To Know

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  1. What Grieving ChildrenWant You To Know Andy McNiel, MA, LPC

  2. NYLife and NAGC National Poll • 531 Children & Teens • Ages 9 – 18 • 17 Programs • 18 Compete the Statement • More than One Option • 3 Open Ended

  3. The most helpful things? 55% indicated… “Spending time with Family.” 59% indicated… “Spending time with Friends.”

  4. The most helpful things? • Listening to music (49%) • Staying busy (46%) • Going to grief group (42%) • Talking to other grieving children (41%)

  5. What is their grief like? Pervading emotion is… Sadness (75%) Other top emotions are… Feeling angry, alone, overwhelmed and worried

  6. What is their grief like? • 86% wish they had more time. • 73% think about the person everyday. • 47% believe their life will be harder. • 46% cannot believe it is true. • 45% trouble concentrating in school. • 41% harmful behavior/choices.

  7. What you want others to know… You never stop missing the people you love who have died. (71%)

  8. What you want others to know… The death of my family member was the worst thing that ever happened to me. (68%)

  9. What you want others to know… • I would give up a year of my life to spend just one more day with the person who died. (62%)

  10. What you want others to know… Most people don’t understand what it is like to have a family member die when you are young. (60%)

  11. What you want others to know… You should be nice to the people you love because you don’t know how long you will have them in your life. (58%)

  12. What you want others to know… I really miss the person who died, but I’m not sad all the time. (55%)

  13. What you want others to know… If you haven’t had a family member die, you don’t know how I feel. (46%)

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