Parents and educators sometimes avoid having conversations about grief with children because they don’t know what to say. Here are some tips for how to approach it.
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The Disney film offers powerful lessons about helping children who are navigating grief.
Children need adults who are well enough to care for them and present enough to notice their struggles. A child development specialist offers four strategies parents can try to use, even when worn down.
The synth and strings signature of Oliver Coates’ score are combined with the isolated vocals of David Bowie and Freddie Mercury to haunting effect.
Grief encompasses our emotional responses to change and loss, and children’s grief might be expressed in what psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross described as the five common stages of grief.
‘The Lion King’ illustrates how a child moves through five stages of grief with the support of loving friends, family and community.
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Associate Head of Early Childhood Studies, University of Guelph-Humber
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Associate teaching fellow, Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick
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Adjuct Faculty University of Guelph, Former Chair, Early Childhood Studies and Founder of The Love Model Inc.
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Assistant Professor of Social Work, Binghamton University, State University of New York