Léo moves while playing the music of Marília Mendonça; psychologist explains how children express grief
The moment when Lionson of Marilia Mendonçaappears playing his mother’s song, moving fans and rekindling thoughts about how children experience and express grief. The scene, simple and full of meaning, shows that absence does not erase the link, it transforms it.
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For the psychologist Anastacia Barbosathe gesture of Lion goes well beyond the repetition of a known sound. “When the child plays music, he does not just reproduce notes. He accesses emotional memories, connections and emotions still alive within him.”
Music as a means to deepen desire
According to the psychologist, children do not experience grief in the same way as adults. They feel deeply, but they express that pain in their own way, and music can be a part of that.
“Music becomes an emotional language. It’s a safe way to feel desire, love and connection, even in the face of absence.”
Anastácia explains that, for the child, sound functions as a symbolic bridge between what has been experienced and what remains internally. By playing his mother’s music, Léo finds a way to maintain the bond without having to verbalize something that is still difficult to name.
Children don’t forget: they give new meaning
The psychologist emphasizes that significant losses do not fade away in childhood. We are gradually giving them new meanings. “Children do not forget significant losses. They learn, over time, to give new meaning to these absences. »
The process takes place gradually, respecting the child’s emotional rhythm. Gestures such as playing music, drawing, or repeating stories are natural ways of keeping alive the emotional presence of those who have passed away. The moment led by Lion shows that childhood grief is not silence, it is expression. And, when welcomed, it can be transformed into memory, affection and continuity of love.
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