Children can experience significant losses associated with periodic or permanent absences of people in their lives. Connections may change due to circumstances like foster care, moving, deportation, incarceration, addiction, chronic illness, or death. By identifying a variety of feelings they may have over the course of an important relationship, I Remember You helps children feel less alone. It invites the grown-ups present in their lives to help them consider these losses, identify and validate feelings, and find ways to process emotions.

Features:

• Questions for adults to help guide discussions with a child or group of children;

• Inclusive characters children can relate to;

• Useful in a variety of settings such as homes, childcare facilities, shelters, support groups, and therapeutic environments.

PRAISE:

“A beautifully illustrated book that helps children make sense of the complicated feelings that come when someone they love is gone—whether for a little while or forever. I Remember You opens the door for caring adults to better understand those feelings and provide the support children need to heal.” —Nikki Edge, PHD, founder of a statewide early childhood mental health consultation program.

“This special book teaches us all to value the experience of young children in the aftermath of significant loss. Countless children will find comfort in this book, in knowing their perspective matters.” —Trisha R. Hobson, MA, LPC, Child and Adolescent Therapist