Paul Mescal as Calum in Aftersun.
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The synth and strings signature of Oliver Coates’ score are combined with the isolated vocals of David Bowie and Freddie Mercury to haunting effect.
Children may be struggling with feelings of abandonment and a loss of security in their lives.
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Grief encompasses our emotional responses to change and loss, and children’s grief might be expressed in what psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross described as the five common stages of grief.
It’s important to help children understand that death is part of life. Here, the father, Mufasa, voiced by James Earl Jones, and his son, Simba, voiced by JD McCrary, in a scene from ‘The Lion King.’
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‘The Lion King’ illustrates how a child moves through five stages of grief with the support of loving friends, family and community.