Susan Fuerst

>>>Thanks everyone
Alice<<<<
Hi Alice, from another non-poster...there is s great resource in our
area called Fernside Center for Grieving Children. I realize the
proximity isn't helpful, but the site had referrals for other
geographical area and links to sites for grieving children, probably
some other resources. Go to www.fernside.org

I agree that the reaction is perfectly normal. Grief is a process that
one goes through - or not. To some extent, people can choose to delay
or deny the grieving process. Then they cannot let it go. It can haunt
them decades later. Those children had many changes to cope with and
trudging forward stoically may have seemed the only way. The anger
toward homeschoolers could simply be a direction for the anger they may
feel losing there parent and primary caregiver. Yet grief is very
personal and individual, so each one must have their own needs
addressed.

It's a rough road, no matter what, but from a more distant perspective,
I see it as a potentially good opportunity for the family - widow and
his children - to face and go through the journey of grief.

A local family lost the mom last fall and the kids had to return to
school. It's hard for me to imagine them liking it and hating the
homeschooling arena...except as a defensive reaction. What a horrible
way to be put into that institutional system!

Hope they will follow through on getting some assistance,
Susan