Helping Grieving Children Through the Holidays Adults play an important role in helping children grieve, especially over the holidays when new emotions and memories can hit with full force. Children often have trouble expressing their emotions, and when they see their parents hurting, they naturally want to protect their parents, so the children may not…
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Suicide Loss: Connection is Key The Benefits of a Support Group A loss by suicide can be confusing. Individuals grieving a loved one to suicide not only feel the immense sadness that comes along with their grief but may also have additional feelings to complicate their journey. These may include guilt or self-blame, anger, confusion,…
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Twelve Practical Tips for Saying, Doing the Right Things The holidays are quickly approaching, and while many people look forward to yearly traditions, gatherings with family and friends and the general good feelings associated with the season, some people dread the holidays. For those who have lost a loved one during the past year, the…
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Helping Children Cope with Grief During the Holidays Click here for 6 tips to help children cope with grief during the holidays plus 3 remembrance activities – encouraging them to remember and honor the lost loved one through both old and new traditions can help ease their pain.
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These are great insight to help understand the early days of grief. Early grief is not an ordinary time, and ordinary rules do not apply. You may find something helpful in this information to help you through your grief. You are not alone.
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“October 15 marks a day of reflection for many parents across the U.S. – National Infant and Pregnancy Loss Remembrance Day. Many people have experienced the arrival of a new baby and all the joy, wonder, and fulfillment of long-held hopes that such a life-changing event brings. But what do you do when the unthinkable…
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HELPING CHILDREN REMEMBER AND HONOR THEIR LOVED ONES By Allyson England Drake, M.Ed, CT Founder/Executive Director Saying goodbye to a loved one who has died is one of the most difficult experiences for a child. This painful process can be made a little easier by creating avenues for the child to honor and remember…
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This is such an important article by Jennifer Bannan published in the Washington Post on July 25, 2017 about what grieving children need – acknowledgment of their loss. “I hope to spare another kid the bleak silence, the fake bubble of oblivion people seem to want there to protect the kids. That bubble is our…
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