“…Bereaved children experienced multiple stressors that complicated their grief process. Literature reveals that children experience anger, guilt, yearning, denial, shock, disbelief, depression (Ribbens McCarthy 2006), low cognition (Gwandure, 2007); anxiety, irritability (Makaya, Mboussou, Bansimba, Ndinga, Ambendet & Puruehnce, 2002); lowered self-esteem and motivation (Rembe, 2006); sadness, pain, fear (Foster, Makufa, Drew, Mashumba & Kambeu, 1997); suicidal ideation, aggression and posttraumatic stress disorder (de Witt & Lessing 2005;Ndetei et al, 2008;Yule 2001). Parental death is viewed as very depressive.…”