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For the school aged child, like the younger child, grief crisis may interrupt age appropriate activities and force a child to address issues for which the child is not developmentally prepared. Children this age might believe that certain behavior will bring their loved ones back.
1 More than five children die every day as a result of child abuse. 2  Approximately 80% of children that die from abuse are under the age of 4. 3  It is estimated that between 50-60% of child fatalities due to maltreatment are not recorded as such on death certificates. It is estimated that between 50-60% of child fatalities due to maltreatment are not recorded as such on death certificates. 2  More than 90% of juvenile sexual abuse victims know their perpetrator in some way.