User:Lcortez26/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Child bereavement

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article due to personal collections. As someone who experienced the loss of parent as a child I was curious what Wikipedia had to say on it. Child grief I believe is both a fascinating psychological topic as well as a misunderstood one. What happens when children face such deep and irreversabe trauma? How does it affect their development? I went to Wikipedia to find out.

Evaluate the article
For such an important topic in developmental psychology, I was surprised that the article was so short. The leading paragraph in general works fine for a general summary. The leading sentence is all alright, I believe it could be stronger and clearer. The leading paragraph includes several sentences discussing the main sections of the article but never frames them as future points that will explained. The leading paragraph is concise and clear. The most recent source was from 2019, the rest being from the late 20th century and early 21st century. The article has no images. This article is great for a general understanding of child grief but I believe that it only skims the surface on the topic. Currently the article briefly touches on development issues and treatment. I believe that the article would improve by going more into depth. For example how different cultures respond to child grief. Or how the child's grief manifests with different causes of death. One topic that I think would be relevant is child grief in media. Child grief is one of the most common tropes in literature and film so I think the article would be enriched by adding perspective.

The article is currently rated a C by Wikipedia. It scores high on the WikiProject of death but is of low importance in psychology. Going further in depth with the current broad sections of the article as well as adding sections that represent the diversity of the topic will take this article from decent to great.