When a youth dies

When a youth in your program dies or when a youth's death will affect your group.

This is a huge topic and not one that can easily be reduced to “hints.” There are so many variations to the situations you might be faced with: sudden and tragic death of a youth at school, a disaster which causes death, a suicide (which is also be covered in other hints), a sudden and tragic death by one of the youth in your group, a long lingering illness that ends in death, a death-like tragedy such as an abused child being taken away to foster care, a youth's parents are killed and the youth is moved to another community... on and on.

Although kids get over things really quickly they still can change their view of God, life, the world in these small, brief moments of trauma.

The hints I'll be giving are focused on very specific actions the youth leaders will probably need to take. The details will depend on the situation.