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When keeping your child's belongings becomes complicated

I cannot throw away my son's things even though he died four years ago and his room has become a shrine that my family thinks is unhealthy but feels like the only place he still exists.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Physical objects become the last tangible connection to the child, making their disposal feel like a second death.

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