---
title: "**Children’s Reactions to Loss"
description: "#### Children's Reactions to Loss **Identified as one of the most valuable resources by Parent Partners This NTI resource describes common **grieving responses in children separated from caregivers**, organized into five stages. It emphasizes that children’s behaviors after separation are part…"
url: "https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/hub/adoption-competence/childrens-reactions-to-loss/"
updated: "2026-10-13"
category: Adoption Competent Mental Health
tags:
  - Child welfare professionals
  - Families
  - Mental health professionals
---

# **Children’s Reactions to Loss

#### Children's Reactions to Loss

        **Identified as one of the most valuable resources by Parent Partners        This NTI resource describes common **grieving responses in children separated from caregivers**, organized into five stages. It emphasizes that children’s behaviors after separation are part of a normal grief process and can easily be misinterpreted as misbehavior or pathology if not understood in context.

 

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