New Survey finds Schools Failing Grief Education and Most People Associating Grief with Depression, but new Twitter-inspired Book looks at "Good from Grief"

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New Survey finds Schools Failing Grief Education
and Most People Associating Grief with
Depression, but new Twitter-inspired Book looks
at "Good from Grief"
1888PressRelease - More Americans will grieve in
next decade than ever before, but in new survey
by grief support non-profit, www.MyGriefAngels.org
, over 80 of respondents said "they were not
prepared for dealing with loss, they want schools
to better prepare us, and majority associated
grief with depression", but new twitter-inspired
book, "Good from Grief", looks to change that
with 288 inspiring life stories. According to
data from the National Center for Health
Statistics, "The number of women in the U.S.
having babies after 40 is highest in decades"
(http//www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/aug/15/de
laying-the-diapers/), and the Census Bureau
reports that, "The share of Householders age 75
and older is at the highest levels"
(http//www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives
/families_households/cb12-216.html). NPR and
the National Academy of Sciences tell us that
"Americans are falling behind in the getting
older race with the average American male
departing at 75.64 and American females at 80.2"
(http//www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/10/21/239
000940/americans-fall-behind-in-the-getting-older-
race), and the Social Security Administration
says that "3.5 percent of children younger than
18 will lose their mother or father, and that as
people now become parents when they are older,
this number is likely to increase."
(http//news.cincinnati.com/article/20130609/NEWS
10/306090001?nclick_check1)
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Combined, these four trends will push the total
number of Americans grieving, and specially
children, to some of the highest levels ever, but
in a new survey by online grief support
non-profit, http//www.MyGriefAngels.org, the
overwhelming majority of survey respondents
indicate that "They were not prepared for dealing
with the loss of a loved one, they want schools
to do a better job of preparing us for this
natural part of life, and they associate grieving
with pain and depression". The new
Twitter-inspired book , "Good from
Grief"(www.GoodfromGrief.org), addresses head on
the survey's call for greater grief education,
and grief's negative association. The book is
by two Harvard classmates that felt uneducated,
unprepared and lost in dealing with the death of
their loved ones. Through a Twitter project,
"Turning Grief into Something Positive", they
selected and shared daily stories of individuals
who in the midst of unthinkable pain found the
inner strength to turn their grief into something
positive. The unexpected healing effect of this
project on their own grief journeys, led them to
make a case for the positive side of grief with
this book. The side that is empowering
individuals worldwide in the midst of unbearable
pain to turn their grief into something positive
for all of us. The authors, Chao and Failde,
share 288 of these life stories in twitter-sized
paragraphs that give a glimpse at the powerful
positive impact grief, through individuals like
those featured in the book, is making in our
communities worldwide. From unshakeable
personal commitments to new laws, organizations,
research, and awareness campaigns so others they
have never met will not have to face the
tragedies their families faced - to achieving new
heights in the arts, sports, and literature to
help others heal and to serve as an examples of
triumphs over grief. Chao and Failde point out,
"We all grieve differently and the stories shared
here are not meant as a roadmap through grief,
but as a glimpse at some of the possibilities
through the roads taken by others."
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The book includes the inspiring and educational
examples of folks like, "A grieving daughter
from a family of doctors, whose mother had gone
in for knee replacement surgery but died due to
complications, turner her grief to a mission and
foundation to help prevent the 200,000 yearly
deaths from preventable medical error" "Bruce
and Denise Morcombes, who were recently rewarded
for their unrelenting dedication to child safety
with the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM),
Australia's highest recognition". Since the death
of their son after being abducted in 2003, they
have dedicated themselves to helping other
children avoid the fate of their son." "A mom,
whose 14 year old son was repeatedly bullied at
school for being Gay and Asian, is on mission to
get new anti-bullying laws in place in
schools" "Named by Interview magazine as one of
the "Most Noble Crusaders of the Modern Era,"
Vance's life was turned upside-down when she lost
her only son, Sam, a 19 year old college
freshman, to the scourge of heroin. Determined to
make a significant impact, Vance took her
"fashion with a cause" message to the fashion and
entertainment industries with the Sam Vance
Foundation and Sama Eyewear" The book includes
sections with the latest information on "How
grief impacts our health," "What coping
strategies others grieving are using to get
through grief attacks," "What you should not say
to those of us grieving," "How to find grief
support by your type of loss," and "What are
these signs others grieving talk about?" In an
effort to address the need for greater grief
education, all authors' proceeds from the
distribution of the book will go to fund the
development of free "Grief Education" Massive
Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and the efforts of
those who would want to turn their grief into
something positive.
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INFOMATIC ON GRIEF SURVEY https//magic.piktocha
rt.com/output/691629-griefsurveyresults
"Good From Grief", Chao Failde, (Grief Media
2013) www.GoodFromGrief.org My Grief Angels,
Inc., www.MyGriefAngels.org, is a Houston-based
online grief support non-profit. My Grief Angels
was recently selected as a Great NonProfits' -
2013 Top Rated Non-Profit (www.greatnonprofits.org
)