The news about the disappearance and death of 9-year-old Gino has gripped many people for days. The drama is barely comprehensible for adults, let alone for children. They also have many questions.
“Children can show emotions or anger. It is important that there is room for this,” says pedagogue and education expert Ingeborg Dijkstra.
School preparation
The educator has on Twitter a message posted that the team of the school, where she works, is also preparing for the grief process with the children. Especially since many of her primary school students knew Gino. “Children benefit from regular routines at these kinds of events, so just go to school,” she says. “Of course the death of the boy will first be considered.”
Listening well
According to Dijkstra, children have many questions in such cases. “And they can sometimes be very practical. Children in these cases wonder whether he will go in a large or a small box, for example. That is not cold. Children can just ask factual questions. That is why it is important to look at them carefully. listen.”
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Missing case
Gino was last seen on Wednesday evening on a football field in Kerkrade where he played football with some other children. He has been missing ever since. Gino had been staying with an older sister in Kerkrade for a week, because his mother is ill in Maastricht and he could not stay there. After his disappearance, the police sounded the alarm. Hundreds of people searched for him for days in Kerkrade and Landgraaf, where a scooter was found that looked a lot like his. At the direction of the suspect, Gino’s body was found on Saturday morning behind a burned-out house in Geleen. The suspect had been arrested shortly before.
Judge
It concerns 22-year-old Donny M. In addition to being involved in the boy’s death, he is also suspected of kidnapping Gino. The suspect will be arraigned before a magistrate on Tuesday.
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