<p>Abstract</p><p>This work is about children in sorrow. I have chosen to set the focus on the school and the</p><p>teacher’s role in the meeting with mourning children and the difference between boys and</p><p>girls reactions when mourning.</p><p>The awareness and the great importance for a teachers knowledge to meet a child in mourning,</p><p>is something I myself has experienced when a child in nursery school lost one parent</p><p>through accident.</p><p>The result of the study reflects on four teachers and two headmasters experience of children in</p><p>sorrow and literature in the subject. It is important that the school and the teachers are aware</p><p>of the importance about the knowledge in the subject to be able to meet a mourning child in</p><p>need.</p><p>Keywords: Children, reactions when mourning, sorrow, the teacher’s role</p>

Abstract This work is about children in sorrow. I have chosen to set the focus on the school and the teacher’s role in the meeting with mourning children and the difference between boys and girls reactions when mourning. The awareness and the great importance for a teachers knowledge to meet a child in mourning, is something I myself has experienced when a child in nursery school lost one parent through accident. The result of the study reflects on four teachers and two headmasters experience of children in sorrow and literature in the subject. It is important that the school and the teachers are aware of the importance about the knowledge in the subject to be able to meet a mourning child in need. Keywords: Children, reactions when mourning, sorrow, the teacher’s role