A few hundred children are killed in car accidents in the UK each year - although this is still far too many, the number fell 9 per cent between 1999 and 2000. There must be about 12 million children under the age of 14 and more than three million under-fives, so very few children will know any child killed on the road.
The rest of the article on grief was interesting. One lad in my care was upset and bewildered by the disappearance of his pet dog. I had to take his dad aside and advise him to tell his son that his beloved dog had died and not give a succession of excuses for its absence. This boisterous, disruptive boy had a caring, loving side to his nature and had to be allowed to grieve.
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