The Goodbye Box and story/advice book, ‘Saying Goodbye to Dr Tinkle’ has been developed by MOTH as an aid to help children and adults cope with bereavement.

Salkeld, Nicola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2626-965X and Rudolph, Ashley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9666-9099 (2020) The Goodbye Box and story/advice book, ‘Saying Goodbye to Dr Tinkle’ has been developed by MOTH as an aid to help children and adults cope with bereavement. In: When Pets Pass On, 9 September 2020, Online. (Unpublished)

Abstract / Summary

Death is a subject that children are often shielded from and many parents would like to be able to support and help children begin to understand and comes to terms with death, but can oftentimes find it difficult themselves to know where to begin. Whilst our natural instinct is to protect children from sadness, to be able to approach it together and see it as an opportunity to learn and understand (at an appropriate level for that child) is important. The opportunity to be able to say a ‘proper’ goodbye, although difficult is ultimately better than unanswered and confusing assumptions which children might come to without proper dialogue.

9 September 2020
Moth took part in an online workshop called:
When Pets Pass On: Sharing Good Practice in Pet Bereavement
by Blue Cross

The event was hosted by Dr Julie-Marie Strange (Professor of Modern British History Durham University) and Diane James (Blue Cross)
The first of three planned workshops features artists, practitioners and a filmmaker to explore pet bereavement in the modern world. Addressing issues of good practice surrounding euthanasia and treatment of pet remains, helping children understand pet loss, and supporting the bereaved the workshop is the first in a series of events aimed at practitioners, academics and the public to promote models of good practice in pet death and bereavement.

Moth presented their Goodbye Box and story/advice book, ‘Saying Goodbye to Dr Tinkle’, developed by Moth as an aid to help children and adults cope with bereavement.

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