23 min

Last video messages to help children grieve People Fixing the World

    • Health & Fitness

Children who lose a parent may struggle to come to terms with this for the rest of their lives. In the UK about one in 20 children will lose a parent before the age of 16. In other countries, the figure is even higher. However, Gaby Eirew thinks she has a solution that can help. She works in counselling, often dealing with childhood trauma. Using that experience she has created a free app that has been downloaded in more than 30 countries around the world. It helps parents to create an archive of “selfie-style” videos on their phone, for their children to watch in the future. The app prompts parents to address the questions she has consistently found bereaved children want answered. Not all are what you might expect.

Presenter: Kathleen Hawkins
Reporter: Dougal Shaw
Producer: Alison Gee
(Photo Caption: Gaby Eirew / Photo Credit: BBC)
Contains extracts from the song “Never Forget” by Sky, recorded by Indi B Productions

Children who lose a parent may struggle to come to terms with this for the rest of their lives. In the UK about one in 20 children will lose a parent before the age of 16. In other countries, the figure is even higher. However, Gaby Eirew thinks she has a solution that can help. She works in counselling, often dealing with childhood trauma. Using that experience she has created a free app that has been downloaded in more than 30 countries around the world. It helps parents to create an archive of “selfie-style” videos on their phone, for their children to watch in the future. The app prompts parents to address the questions she has consistently found bereaved children want answered. Not all are what you might expect.

Presenter: Kathleen Hawkins
Reporter: Dougal Shaw
Producer: Alison Gee
(Photo Caption: Gaby Eirew / Photo Credit: BBC)
Contains extracts from the song “Never Forget” by Sky, recorded by Indi B Productions

23 min

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