Pet Loss Survival Kit for KIDS
Pet Loss Survival Kit for KIDS
You hate to see them hurting.
Whether it’s a dog they’ve grown up with, the cat your family adopted, or the lizard they brought home from the fair, saying goodbye can be a world-rattling experience for a child.
Pet Loss Survival Kit for KIDS
(for ages 4 to 11-ish. Not for children under 3.)
“The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.”
Neil Gaiman
Remember the first time you had to say goodbye to a cherished hamster or pup or kitty or goldfish? Bet ya do.
The memory of that kind of pain stays with us. Especially if those around us didn’t know how to help us through it.
We all long to ease the hurt our darling wee-ones feel when they say goodbye to a cherished pet-pal. But there’s more to it than just cuddle-hugs and soothing words and distractions.
Researchers tell us that childhood pet trauma oftentimes forms the foundation of how we, as adults, cope with loss and grief.
Many of us were schooled in the two, old-as-time standards: Duck ‘n’ cover. Or “suckitup buttercup.” (Hasn’t always worked out well for those of us who thought there was no other way.)
Surely we would give our kids better tools, if only we knew how?
The Survival Kit—with its focus on braving loss through activities and art—isn’t meant to be a mere afternoon of imaginative distraction.
It aims to help kids deal with the multiple emotions—confusion, betrayal, anger, fear, sorrow—that we adults might not even anticipate they’ll experience.
Because no matter how much we wish we could protect our kids from the hurts ahead—be it a misplaced teddy bear or the end of a committed relationship, from a best friend moving away to saying goodbye to long-held dreams and aspirations …
Loss is inevitable. For all of us.
Now’s the time to guide them toward healthy coping skills.
Pet Loss Survival Kit for KIDS
What’s In Your Kit?
1. The heart of the Kit is the
Activity Cards
4 research-based, kid-friendly cards with action oriented suggestions that adults can use to help kids
• Explore their ocean of emotions
• Celebrate their cherished pet
• Honor shared memories
• Imagine the heartbeams that will connect them forever
2. Crafts supplies for Make Your Own projects include
a. Storybook about their pet
b. Bookmarks (great “memory gifts”)
c. Memory box
d. Miscellaneous other imaginative activities
3. And for the adults in the room
a. My Heart in Words and Art—ideas and guidance to inspire creativity
b. Love in a Box—suggestions/examples of kid-made Memory Boxes
c. From the Experts—helpful info about kids and grief
4. All of it tucked inside a sturdy, durable Baltic birch veneer box [approx 9x7x3] with colorful carrying strap, custom-made by a North Carolina craftsman.
a $49.95 value
Limited Time Special Pricing
$34.95 plus $11.95 shipping (it’s weighty!)
*Be sure to check out our YALE (You’ve Already Lost Enough) Guarantee.
*And our Ain’t in It for the $$ Mission Statement.
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