MY GOOD GRIEF JOURNAL FOR KIDS is created for children who have had a precious loved one or dear friend die. It is also a tool for parents and other adults responsible for the care of children who grieve.
The purpose of MY GOOD GRIEF JOURNAL FOR KIDS is to help adults spark warm conversations with their grieving children about a loved one who has died. The app will also help create a permanent treasure chest of the child’s memories, thoughts and feelings about their deceased loved one.
BENEFITS:
1. HELPS ADULTS BREAK THE ICE in knowing what to say to a child after the death of a precious loved one or dear friend.
2. HELPS START ENGAGING CONVERSATIONS between grieving children and their adults.
3. HELPS CHILDREN REMEMBER the precious treasure that was and is the loved one who died.
4. Gently nudges child and adult users to PAY ATTENTION TO THEIR GRIEF together.
5. HELPS CHILDREN (and their adults) EXPRESS FEELINGS in ways that feel safe.
6. HELPS REDUCE FEELINGS OF ISOLATION that so often cloak children and families who are mourning.
FEATURES:
1. SAFE
-- Requires an Adult User to assist in creation of Child User accounts.
-- Data is private and completely self-contained within the iPads memory.
-- Adult Users may also choose to back-up app data to their private ‘iCloud Storage’ account.
2. PERSONALIZED CONTENT
-- User provides name and relationship info about themselves and the deceased.
-- Both the users name and name of the deceased then flows throughout the app. -- The relationship (such as father-to-daughter, grandmother to grandson, or friend-to-friend) the two had with one another also flows throughout the activities.
-- Appropriate gender pronouns (such as he-she or his-her) also makes the content feel more personal.
3. ‘REMEMBERING’ ACTIVITIES
-- Twenty pages filled with meaningful activities help users remember their loved one and express thoughts and feelings they are having.
-- A gentle cartoon character (G.G. Parrot) serves as a friendly guide through each of the twenty pages of activities.
-- Each activity is designed to encourage both children and adults to move towards their memories, thoughts and feelings--rather than to run from them.
-- Beautifully designed, innovative tools and menus make the ‘Remembering’ activities more pleasant.
-- Tools include photo frames, audio and video recording, writing, drawing, typing, and emoticons to express feelings.
4. ‘JOURNAL’ ACTIVITIES
-- Users may create an unlimited number of journal pages.
-- Each day the gentle G.G.Parrot invites users to begin their journaling by choosing an idea (‘Write Idea’) to journal about.
-- Users may journal using any and all of these beautiful tools: photo frames, audio and video recordings, writing, drawing, typing, and emoticons.
5. MULTIPLE USERS
-- An iPad may contain an unlimited number of Child User accounts.
6. MULTIPLE JOURNALS
-- Each Child User may create up to nine (9) different journals in their account.
SECURITY:
1. The app does not by default enable any communication or connection to the Internet, nor will any data be automatically transferred to or captured by the web.
2. Adult Users do have the option of saving app data to their private ‘iCloud Storage’ account.
3. The app does not include analytics nor does it collect or share personal data.
4. The app does not contain any advertisement, In-App Purchases, or social network integration.