Five-Year-Old Matthew Asks Many Questions About the Recent Death of His

question 66

Multiple Choice

Five-year-old Matthew asks many questions about the recent death of his grandmother. Kastenbaum would say that he is

• A) too cognitively immature to understand separation and loss.
• B) concerned about loss and separation and striving to understand death.
• C) emotionally unable to deal with the finality of death.
• D) trying to learn how he can remedy the circumstances.

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