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ILMF survey
In Loving Memory Foundation (ILMF) needs your input. Valuable information is collected from many sources allowing us to continually develop and meet the needs of children, their surviving family, and the community.
Please help others learn by sharing your personal experiences and thoughts about your parent(s) dying during your childhood. ILMF values your opinions.
Our goal is to create a brochure that gives adults guidance on how words can help or hurt a child's feelings. Your input will help children by giving the people around them the guidance to communicate more effectively to a grieving child. Thank you for your time.
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‘It is my hope that the lessons learned from others can provide insight to help future generations of children who will have their mom and dad die. Thank you for your time and insight” – our founder
‘One reason I’ve never liked surprises is because in 1957 my first big surprise in life was very negative, my dad died. And that stayed with me.‘ [age 8]
‘I would hate it when people, at random and for their own curiosity, would ask me questions about my parent’s dying… as if it were a story or about a tv show…this is my life, not a story, why make me relive the pain and grief, for your curiosity, if and when I feel like talking about it, I will – let me enjoy the game, the dinner, the dance… the event I am at.‘ [age 3 and 12]
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