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The experience of loss is a universal human experience. Adults, children and teenagers experience loss, but in today's society it is still a rather marginalized topic. Children and adolescents experience a range of losses, from the common to the severe, such as the loss of a loved one, parent or sibling. The natural response to any loss is grief and mourning. The bereavement of children is still a little-reflected issue that has a number of impacts on children's mental and somatic health. The specialist monograph provides basic knowledge about the grieving of children and adolescents. It describes the manifestations of bereavement in children and adolescents, the determinants of bereavement and risk factors, and comments on the often widespread myths about bereavement in children. Special attention is paid to the possibilities of supporting the adaptive grieving of children and adolescents, both on the part of parents and on the part of professionals in the helping professions. The publication presents the results of original research focused on the parents' own experience of grieving their other children after the death of their sibling. The book is intended both for parents and relatives of children who have experienced a serious loss, as well as for experts in helping professions, psychologists, educators, bereavement counselors and other professions that deal with health and social care for children and adolescents.