Migration in Lithuania: Children left behind

Regarding the context of globalization and various life changes in families, including losses that people experience (i.e. migration, divorce, death of a loving ones etc.), the socialization of children who have experienced loss in the family is explored in this research. Some behavioural and emotional differences are revealed as well, showing that grieving children (especially after facing parent’s migration, death, or divorce) more often experience negative emotions (sadness and anger), and less the positive ones. The reasons of positive emotions for such children are social ones (teachers’, family members’ support etc.). However, negative emotions arise often from personal and sometimes – neutral – reasons. Also, such children, who experience more positive emotions, are quite often linked to be self-confident and respectful, and those, who experience negative emotions, are tended to be withdrawn, less self-confident, and sensitive. Besides, the data has shown that grieving children could be characterized as less respectful to the others, peaceful, sensible and self-controlled than others. Thus, grieving children’s social-moral behaviour is less stable than those who have not experienced the loss.