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No one is prepared for the loss of a child. No one. It feels completely unnatural for children to predecease their parents. Although it is not widely known, each year there are over 135,000 under 40-year-old deaths in the U.S. alone. And, according to one study, 19% of parents outlive their children-often carrying the weight of horrendous grief to their own graves.
"Isolated and alone" is how parents often describe the grief process. Well-meaning...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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A unique compilation of candid interviews with children ages 4-18 talking about their experiences of their parents' divorce, about coping with illness in the family, dealing with the loss of a loved one, and learning to cope and thrive with autistic siblings. The kids talk about their pain. They talk about their adjustment. They talk about their love and understanding. The children have phenomenal wisdom and compelling practical advice to share.
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020
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IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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On the day of his mother’s funeral, a young boy conjures the very visitor he needs to see: a gorilla. Wise and gentle, the gorilla stays on to answer the heart-heavy questions the boy hesitates to ask his father: Where did his mother go? Will she come back home? Will we all die? Yet with the gorilla’s friendship, the boy slowly begins to discover moments of comfort in tending flowers, playing catch, and climbing trees. Most of all, the gorilla...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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After a death of a loved one, grownups are often unsure about how to help young children. Death is a difficult concept for adults to process, and most feel helpless in the presence of a grieving child. For children, there is an added dimension. Their capacity to make send of the loss is filtered through the lens of their developmental state. After some discussion of infants and toddlers, our young experts, ages 4-12, explain with patience and wisdom,...
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English
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Most students experience some form of loss in their lives, and the resulting grief can profoundly affect their academic performance, emotional stability, and social interactions. Serving both as a resource and workbook, this reader-friendly primer helps educators and school counselors understand and respond to the extraordinary challenges that children and adolescents may face when dealing with loss and grief. Featuring helpful charts, quotes, activities,...
Publisher
Paraclete Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
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Join experts Khris Ford, founder of My Healing Place, and Paula D'Arcy, a trained psychotherapist, as they help shed light on how adults and children grieve differently, how a parent can help a child grieve while they themselves are grieving, how to tell the truth about death to children, and more.
14) A parent's guide to raising grieving children: rebuilding your family after the death of a loved one
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
15) Dear Rosie
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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A group of animal friends navigates a new school year together as they grieve the loss of their friend Rosie.
16) Monsieur Lazhar
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
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Français
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Nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Monsieur Lazhar tells the poignant story of a Montreal middle school class shaken by the death of their well-liked teacher. Bachir Lazhar (Fellag), a 55-year-old Algerian immigrant, offers the school his services as a substitute teacher and is quickly hired. As he helps the children heal, he also learns to accept his own painful past. This moving film features exquisite performances by Fellag...