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Teacher at BTS night shows a big picture of a live newborn child who isn't sleeping and means she's exhausted beyond words. Luckily, the kids have been super supportive and helpful when she's dragging because of a baby who is teething.

Do you tell the administration?

And frankly, on a night where she is probably being faced with collage after collage of colleague's babies and their pictures, I totally get wanting to show her baby. While there is grief involved looking at pictures of a loved one, even a child, who has passed away..their is still pride that she/he was her baby. Loved, cute and her baby existed.

It's important we all let go of the idea that we should hide misscarraiges, newborn losses or grief in general.  Middle schoolers need to learn how to openly share their grief now. What a wonderful lesson this COULD have been for you and your child. It could have led to conversations last night about grief and the fact that babies don't always go home with their families or reach adulthood.

Maybe start there.[/quote]

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