In the wake of the Hill Country flooding, children experiencing guilt is a topic on the minds of experts and parents.
Laurel Williams, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Baylor College of Medicine, explained that developmentally some kids under the age of six may not be able to process death and will seem like they don't care.
She said that this can be frustrating for the parents, but it's important to understand why they feel this way.
"They don't have the same sense of time. Death may not feel like it's a permanent thing," Williams explained. "So from their perspective, they may not be upset, or they might be upset only at specific times, and then other times they seem like they don't have a care in the world. That's normal for somebody in that age group."
She added: "When you start to get into like the elementary age group, they do have a sense that death is permanent, so they can have a longer period of being sad. But once again, they're often really worried about, are they going to be okay?"
