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- children old enough to love are old enough to grief
- adults try to shield them,
sometimes even lie to children
- it is suggested to play with children and try to explain complex feelings, like fear, sadness, anger, guilt
- children's  reactions to grief are not the same as adults'
- children grieve in their own way and own time
- children need clear explanations
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- person develops sense of peace
- desire to be left alone
- not a period of happiness but also not depression

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- person accepts certainty of death
- preparatory grief or depression
- person may become silent, refuse visitors, cry a lot
- it's normal
- attempts of cheering up should be discouraged

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- person develops hope that death can be postponed somehow
- people in this phase often want to negotiate with God

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- "why me"
- anger might me displaced and projected onto health care team or family or even God

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- person denies that they are dying
- is a defense mechanism
- usually only temporarily

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The stages are the same in the book, as well as on the website.
However, the website sees it more from the point of a loved one dying, whereas the book explains these stages as if the person dying goes through them. Both is possible.