Under the surface, this is a film about
a child coming to terms with loss, and we get three incredible powerful scenes that pack a real emotional wallop.
Not exact matches
A family in my church has suffered the
loss of a
child; many of the congregation are struggling
to come to terms with what has happened.
After five years of trying and five
losses, I finally
came to terms that I would only have one successful pregnancy and I could learn
to be content
with the
children I have.
The world they live in is comfortable
with the language of
loss — words and phrases like «closure» and «
coming to terms with bereavement»; indeed one of the
children Meilee (Zoe Weizenbaum) even has a psychiatrist as a mother.
As they slowly
come to terms with the recent
loss of their daughter in a drowning accident, the wife begins
to believe their dead
child is trying
to contact them.
Children need lots of reassurance and support from caring adults
to help them
come to terms with a major
loss.
Coming to Terms With the
Loss of a
Child: The Feelings of Birth Parents and Grandparents About Adoption and Post-Adoption Contact Neil Adoption Quarterly, 10 (1), 2006 View Abstract Explores the impact of adoption on birth parents and birth grandparents.
Or they may experience a range of emotions as they
come to terms with the
loss of their ideal — their fantasy of what parenthood was supposed
to be like and some of the dreams they held for their
child shattered.