Interview with Jess Sheridan
19 year-old Jess’s Mum died in May 2021. In this honest and disarming interview Jess shares her experience of death, grief and bereavement and its catastrophic impact on her academic career and personal life.
Jess is using her experience to encourage schools to be better prepared for dealing with childhood grief and the impact it can have on relationships and studies.
With 1 in 20 children experiencing the death of a parent before the age of 16, her call to action echoes that of Sir Al Aynsley Green. Their mutual call for the identification of hidden mourners should make us all sit up and listen.
