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When your young child plays death games

My four-year-old keeps playing funeral with her dolls and making them die over and over and it's disturbing to watch.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Repetitive death play becomes a child's way of processing incomprehensible loss while triggering a parent's discomfort with their child's dark preoccupations.

Ideas that help explain it
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.