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Helping Children Say Good-bye
Excerpted from Helping Children Cope with Separation and Loss
By Claudia Jewett Jarrati
If caregivers are inclined to encourage the suppression of feelings, sending the message, overtly or covertly, that some feelings are good or right and others are bad or wrong or responding to expressions of feeling with recrimination, withdrawal or retaliation, then the child will need to have another trusted, supportive person to talk with.