Comments on: Grief Counselling for Harry Potter Readers and Fans?

By: Ami

Ami — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:26:06 +0000

My friend (my age) who has been a fan since book 1 said she needs a counselor. She’s not grieving, it’s more for her Harry Potter withdrawal syndrome

By: auee

auee — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:40:52 +0000

Of all places I saw this here in a Pinas-blog

Yes all this hype about HP counselling. Most people balk at the idea actually. Like your daughter said, most kids are resilient, they’re not as weak as some would believe.

But then, I think the organisation just wanted publicity. UK has a lot of child helpline already whether it be drugs or abuse or even just a friendly ear. So adding HP-counselling to their list I guess is just saying no one will laugh at anyone’s predicament no matter how small.

By: Bri

Bri — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:04:26 +0000

I’m starting to think I need counseling….

By: reyna

reyna — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:14:50 +0000

hi noemi… I’m done reading book7…nakakaiyak po siya talaga.

I think the harry potter 7 help the readers to start shifting from growing up to growing old. but not in a bad way ah.

By: Rowena

Rowena — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:56:09 +0000

Wow ha, meron bang ganun? When my kids saw the ending of Flordeluna (ang baduy namin noh), they’re sad and they said the scriptwriter doesnt write well. After nun, play na sila uli. Di naman sila affected considering they’ve watched it from the start (night after night) til the ending. In fact, one scene pa was filmed in our home.he he

By: lady cess

lady cess — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:35:56 +0000

i can imagine kung ano ang itsura ni marielle while saying that i agree with her.

By: Noemi

Noemi — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:21:40 +0000

@Cheryl- thanks for your perspective. Well said@

@SexyMom- Just like cheryl said, deaths happen in children’s favorite fairy tales.

By: SexyMom

SexyMom — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 05:58:33 +0000

oh well–just what commercialism can do, or is it because the book is so british, everything is so british, even the movies (non-british were not allowed in the cast) that the britons feel that much attachment?

at least, i have not, so far, heard of any similar case in our country.

By: Cheryl Kaye Tardif

Cheryl Kaye Tardif — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 05:19:24 +0000

I think this grief councellor is taking things a bit far. While I commend her creativity in trying to capitalize on Harry Potter’s popularity, I think it’s unfair to parents and children to provoke possible panic.

Death is a part of life. Most of the fans of Harry Potter books are a fair bit older now…since we’re on to book 7. Yes, there are still young kids reading book 7, but think about all the movies out there that deal with aspects of death, from Snow White, to Bambi, to Never-Ending Story to Lord of the Rings…and even to my novel Whale Song, which deals with the death of a mother.

J.K. Rowling wrote her novel the way she was compelled to write it–the way the story was meant to be written. Only an author knows how a story is meant to end. As a responsible author as well, I have written my novel in such a way that death has closure, peace, acceptance…and is inevitable. I haven’t read the latest Potter book but perhaps Rowling has done the same, written it in such a way that younger readers will come to terms with death and feel some sense of peace.

Such is life. We always miss those who pass, but it doesn’t mean we can’t learn to let go. And I think this was J.K. Rowlings way to let go of her characters, and to allow us to do the same.

Cheryl Kaye Tardif, author of The River, Divine Intervention and Whale Song (an Amazon.ca bestseller)
http://www.whalesongbook.com

By: john

john — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:27:40 +0000

How strange . So far so good. No hysterics among young readers