"When I think about family portraits or family memories, I naturally notice who isn’t there,” Lisa Marshall told Newsweek.
Following the tragic July 4 floods in Texas, children might feel their grief set in as they return to school. Some will notice missing classmates, while others might fear going back to the classroom ...
Many grieving children are told to "get over it" and often experience bullying related to their loss. The death of a loved one is scientifically proven to change a child's brain chemistry, affecting ...
When I was a school social worker, a teary-eyed father once came to the school to tell his 4-year-old daughter’s teacher that ...
A family gathers around a photo of the child they lost to a life-threatening illness. Friends of Karen is a non-profit that provides vital financial, advocacy, and emotional support to families ...
When Jane Oh and Ben Yan’s 6-month-old son Alexander unexpectedly died in 2017, time seemed to stop. Grief paralyzed the Vancouver couple. Oh could barely get out of bed for the first two years and ...
Working through both big and little grief events with a child and alone is a major take away. Source: Jeremy Thomas | Unsplash Over the last couple of years, the mental health of children has been ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — November is Children's Grief Awareness Month. Western New York is home to the area's first peer support grief center. Western New York Compassion Connection is a center for grieving ...
With Nearly 200,000 Michigan Children Grieving a Parent or Sibling, Non-profit Bereavement Camp Offers Suicide Loss-Specific Programming This September in Partnership with Herbert Adelman Foundation ...
Source: Adrianne Walujo via Mixkit used with permission. The holidays are supposed to be a happy time for children, right? Gifts, sugar-filled treats, being together with family. But what happens when ...
For those looking to make a difference in a child’s life, the Children’s Grief Center of the Great Lakes Bay Region could be the place to start. Children’s Grief Center staff members are seeking ...