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This 4 page paper discusses the development of children and youth who experience trauma and especially children who lose parents. The writer reports the data in terms of the incidence of psychosocial problems and comments on the relationship between the effects of such a trauma and Piaget's and Erikson's theories. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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and swears she still smells smoke when she goes outside (Gurian and Goodman, 2002). Nick Larkey was 13 when his father died in the World Trade Center. Nick did not
talk much about his father over those years until now (Bruno, 2006). As he enters college, Nick reminds people that "good, innocent people died for no reason, just for going
to work that day. We need to respect those people for doing their jobs" (Bruno, 2006). Emma Rathkey was 12 when father died on 9/11; Emma says she feels safest
talking about her dad with other teens who also lost a parent. Once a year she attends Americas Camp in Massachusetts for a week; the camp is for kids who
lost either a parent or sibling in the attacks (Bruno, 2006). At the time of the attacks, all four of these youngsters had just entered adolescence or they were about
to at the time. The two who lost parents tried to be regular middle-school and high school students in the intervening years (Bruno, 2006). They didnt want to talk about
it but every day they face reminders of the deaths of their parents (Bruno, 2006). One study revealed that 2,752 children under the age of 18 lost a parent in
the 9/11 terrorist attacks; that included 100 infants born after the event (Patterson. 2006). Professionals who have worked with children since the attacks say there is no way to tell
what the long-term effects of that kind of trauma (Bruno, 2006). There are similar effects for children who lose parents from a health problem, like a heart attack (Bruno, 2006).
The difference is the 9/11 deaths were very public and there are reminders all the time (Bruno, 2006). Nick reported the first two years following the trauma were
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