What are the four major characteristics of a mature concept of death? Explain Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development in terms of the issues most relevant to children at different times in their lives. Piaget’s stages of cognitive development and explain how each stage relates to a particular way of understanding death. Give some examples of how early experiences with death can shape an individual’s later view of death. Evaluate death education for children and suggest ways of introducing children to the topic of death. Discuss how subcultural differences in death customs can be comforting or anxiety producing.