[The orphan child and his family confronted with the violence of deathThe orphan child and his family facing the violent consequences of death].

The death of a parent is a form of extreme violence which has an effect on the child and on the adults around him/her, often leaving them powerless. There are risks of avoidance, of silence about the event and the figure of the deceased, to which can be added a lack of identification of the child's difficulties and the absence of responses adapted to his or her needs, at each stage of development. A better knowledge of their needs could reduce the risk of being negligent, or even ill-treating them, and allow them to grow up, better assured in their filiation and their personal identity.