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How to support a bereaved child

The Childhood Bereavement Network reports that in the UK a parent dies every 22 minutes, leaving a dependent child. A horrifying statistic, especially when it is well known that children who lose a parent are more vulnerable to future mental health problems, as Prince Harry revealed last month. Such problems can be minimised when children are helped by those around them to process their grief and here’s how, writes Nina Ruff

How to support a bereaved child