This is what gets me...unless any one of us has been in the same or a highly similar situation then we cannot deem what is normal and what is not. I remember being burkes age exactly and my parents for divorced, we moved, and then boom my mom got breast cancer and went through chemo, puking and lost all her hair. And you know what I was worried about???? Other kids making fun of me or asking why my mom was bald. I was so mad and angry at the world and one time i blew up and said to my mom literally on her bed sick with cancer I hope you die! Kids cant process grief the way adults are supposed to. His reactions then and now to me are totally normal considering the circumstances. Another case in point, I have a friend whose sister was killed by a semi in front of her own eyes. She moved on pretty quick...that's how kids grieve