tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525265251625513603.post1842758382697662827..comments2009-10-20T23:26:32.865-05:00Christian Sinclair, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14685043408496367587ctsinclair@gmail.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525265251625513603.post-82186915378288842312009-10-20T23:26:32.865-05:002009-10-20T23:26:32.865-05:00Wayne, sorry for the late reply to your comment. Thanks for the link on the book. I will pass it on to the Child Teen Specialist I work with and I bet other people will too.Christian Sinclair, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14685043408496367587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525265251625513603.post-52378894994852422662009-10-14T15:05:19.768-05:002009-10-14T15:05:19.768-05:00I&#39;ve just come across Pallimed through alink from Medscape and it looks like a really great blog!<br /><br />My wife is a primary school teacher and we have recently be talking about educating children about death and dying through school programmes. I know this has been done by some hospices, most notably St Christophers in the UK. In situations like the case noted here, it would be great if kids had some idea of what death is about, but our society is so reluctent to talk about it, it just makes the situation so much more difficult.<br /><br />At a recent palliative and hospice care conference in Australia I met the author of a fairly new book written for children and designed to introduce concepts of death, loss and grief. My wife thought it was great and is considering how she could use it in her class of 6-7 year olds. It is called Jelly Bean&#39;s Secret by Molly Carlile (you can see it here on Molly&#39;s blog - http://www.mollycarlile.com/JellyBeansSecret.pdf). Just thought if anyone is interested or works with children this might be a good resource.<br /><br />Wayne :o)Wayne Naylornoreply@blogger.com