Parents want to help children, but often because of their own grief they don’t notice, or maybe don’t know how without showing their sadness. Grief feelings, bad dreams, making memorials, and laughing ...

When a child experiences the death of someone close to them, adults often feel at a loss as to how to help. They want to do something, but fear saying or doing it wrong. Children’s books can be an ...

SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - Giving kids space to grieve but letting them share their feelings if they want to talk are just a few tips for parents the Children’s Grief Center of the Great Lakes Bay Region ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The death of 12-year-old Juan Acevedo has been devastating to his family, this community, and schoolmates at Larkspur Middle School. But among the challenges faced when a ...

Grief doesn’t begin only after the death of a loved one. If a loved one is diagnosed with a terminal disease such as stage 4 cancer, is entering hospice, or is diagnosed with a progressive disease ...

Separation from a parent is one of the hardest losses a child can face. Whether the cause is divorce, custody transitions, foster care, illness, death, incarceration, or other family changes, the ...

WASHINGTON –– Grief is always around the corner. On a humid Saturday in July, it was specifically 2.2 miles from my home in Washington, D.C. I spent the day at local non-profit the Wendt Center for ...

Sabrina Davis lost her father in 2023, and at first the teenager was reluctant to join a program that helps youth grieve through art. “My mom [asked] if I wanted to be a part of the group,” said Davis ...

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PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Losing a family member can be a difficult time in people’s lives. Brynne Behringer is a mother of three children and about three years ago, the family lost their father, Mike ...