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Sometimes You Have To Say Good-Bye

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3 men load a casket into the back of a black hearst. Caption. Then they took his casket to the cemetery.

Presents three situations in which young children face change and sadness due to loss and other grievances: Molly's friend moves away, Tony's pet cat dies, and Brett's grandpa dies. Each child talks about how he/she feels. NOTE: May emotionally affect children.

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Runtime: 12 minutes 32 seconds

Topic: Counseling and Self-Help, Social Science
Subtopic: Death and Bereavement, Emotions
Grade/Interest Level: K - 4
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Release Year: 2003
Producer/Distributor: Sunburst Visual Media
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Senior man rests his head back on a pillow, closing his eyes. Caption. They should make the dying person.

Middle-aged man wearing glasses and sitting next to a window looks just off camera as if in an interview. Caption. These kinds of discoveries made it obvious that heart and lungs.

Person standing in a forest and indicating an area on the ground. Caption: This is our grave site, and this is what we wanted,

Man wearing glasses, listening. Caption. That there is no right or wrong way to grieve.

Concrete wall covered in graffiti. Caption. Cunningham. I think that grief can lead to delinquency in many ways.

Young boy with a bowl cut looks just off camera. Caption. Why she went to the hospital; when or if she would come back.

Closeup of a Black girl's face. Her eyes look away from the camera and her mouth is slightly open. Caption. When I went back to school.

Color illustration of an orange cat with white mouth, chest and stomach fur curled up on it's side. Spanish caption. Se quedaba tirado sobre la paja en el camión.

People seated outdoors, some with somber expressions, others with heads bent. Caption. And they understand my pain.