TABLE 1.

Nagy’s 3 Stages of Recognition of Death (1948)¹⁵

Stage	Age	Description
First stage	3–5 y old	Death is departure, a separation, temporary
Second stage	5–9 y old	Death is personified, considered a person, outside of us, not universal
Third stage	≥9 y	Death is a process that takes place in us, and results in the dissolution of bodily life