USA Today: Mourners pay respects to Web sites of the dead

Release Date: May 11, 2006 This content is archived.

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An article in USA Today on people who mourn for loved ones who have died by visiting their Web sites quotes Thomas T. Frantz, associate professor and chair of the Department of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology, who said, "Posting messages online would be a perfect way to do that, to keep communicating every day. It is sort of as if the person is still there, even though they sort of know they're not. Teenagers have a harder time grieving than any other age group, in part because they are now experiencing adult feelings that are very strong and very painful. And they are experiencing them as adults for the first time." Go to article.

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