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What Is Daum's Manner Of Dealing With Her Grief
Hi Rhiannon,
I agree that Daum’s manner of dealing with her grief was unexpected as well as that her way of trying to help his parents was wrong. Perhaps it seemed easier to lie to them than it was to point out the failures in parenting that they were rendered incapable of fixing. She felt that telling them the truth would have only made it harder on everyone and forced them to live in the same guilt that she did.
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