Nobody warned them that the grief of an empty nest wouldn't arrive all at once—it would show up in the littlest of things.

That’s what many grieving children at Valerie’s House tell us they’ve been told by people in their lives. Others hear things like, “It’s been a year,” or “Stop using your loss as an excuse.” The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Follow this linkOne of the hardest things a child can experience is the death of a parent. When local teacher Lisa Tolliver Lehman lost her husband to cancer when her two kids were in elementary ...

Joel’s Place for Children, a Bay Village-based nonprofit, supports grieving children and their caretakers. The organization has offered free peer-based grief support groups for over 20 years. Every ...

Losing a loved one is perhaps the hardest thing a person can ever go through. It's even harder when it's a kid that has to go through it. Brittany Anderson is the founder of Angel ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The term “replacement child” was created to describe those born after a sibling's death. Researchers coined the name after realizing that bereaved parents sometimes conceive another child out of grief ...

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 ...