Adults deal with grief different than children. Children do not have many domestic activities such has to keep a house together, working or paying bills. Children can cope on their own time, while adults have to grief and deal with keeping a house together.
Adults who are dealing with grief may be confused, sad, and afraid to ask for help. When death occurs the individuals who are grieving because of it may be overwhelmed with emotions. Emotions an individual may deal with are denial, disbelief, confusion, shock, sadness, guilt, despair or even anger.
These emotions are normal, something like a significant loss will bring up feelings that one may have never felt before. Death is not the only reason an adult may grieve; there are other reasons such as putting a child up for adoption. The parents may feel the same symptoms that a person would feel after the death of a loved one (Coping with Loss: Bereavement and Grief, 2015).