I lost my Dad when I was 12 and and my Mum when I was 41. I’m so thankful for the older people in my life because none of my peers were able to understand the finality of losing your last parent when they hadn’t even lost one. Suddenly the people who get it, do come to support you. I certainly agree that flowers helped so much.
As a year 6 teacher, I am so shocked at the number of boys who absolutely idolise him. His name comes up so often.
This is how I feel about peanut allergies in movies. They are portrayed as comic relief in cloudy with a chance of meatballs and the smurfs. We would never portray a bald child with cancer as funny.