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When your child erases the deceased from drawings

I found drawings under my ten-year-old's bed of our family but she erased her little sister who died and I don't know what that means.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A child's artistic choices reveal internal struggles with accepting death while a parent searches for meaning in erasure.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Children and grief — supporting young people?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.