Death of a Parent

Death of a Parent Playlists

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Death of a Parent - Related Videos

Hope – Benefits of play in helping kids work through grief

Hope discusses how recreation and play can help kids understand deal with their loss.

Hope – Different lenses

Hope shares about the differences in experiences between losing her father and her Mom losing a spouse

Sam – Depression

Sam who lost his father, uncle and cousin talks about depression and being self aware

Matt – Adoption and grief

Matt talks about how adoption and grief have similarities. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

Hope – My Story

Hope tells the story of her father’s death and how it affected her and her family

Matt – Music helped my grief

Matt discusses how creativity and music help his grief. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

Bryan – Helping Others

Bryan explains how his experience with grief has helped him help others and why it’s so important for him.

Hope – Not wanting to burden my Mom and school

Hope talks about her fathers death, burdens and the importance of sharing emotions

Bryan – This Is Why

Bryan shares about his new website “This is why”a creative form, for blog stories for grievers to express themselves and for readers to connect

Karyn and Aidan – Describing grief during the pandemic

Karyn and Aidan talk about how their grief has changed and the challenges they have faced grieving during a pandemic