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Cathy Spear, LICSW, is Director of Camper Services at Circle of Tapawingo, a week-long overnight camp program in Maine for girls who have experienced the death of a parent. Circle was founded in 2002 with 32 campers ages 8-12. This Continue reading
Donna Hanschu is a certified Death, Dying & Bereavement specialist. She has worked with Head-start families, families with disabilities, families of the terminally ill, children, teenagers, and senior citizens. She has had considerable personal experience with loss and is the Continue reading
Grief Relief Television with mother/daughter team Dr Gloria and Dr Heidi Horsley, brought to you by the Open to Hope Foundation. On this show Dr. Cori Bussolari and Antonio Sausys, yoga expert give sound advice on ways to heal your mind Continue reading
Grief Relief Television with mother/daughter team Dr Gloria and Dr Heidi Horsley, brought to you by the Open to Hope Foundation. On this show Dr. Cori Bussolari and Antonio Sausys, yoga expert give sound advice on ways to heal your mind … Continue reading
Question from a reader: My dad died a little over two weeks ago. He was not sick. He was caught in an undercurrent and drowned. I did not witness it but I heard the stories and have been there enough … Continue reading
Cathy Spear, LICSW, is Director of Camper Services at Circle of Tapawingo, a week-long overnight camp program in Maine for girls who have experienced the death of a parent. Circle was founded in 2002 with 32 campers ages 8-12. This … Continue reading
When my husband died, I knew it would be important to my boys to have men around and in their lives. Since they would no longer have their trail guide, it was up to me to make sure men of … Continue reading
My son was 7 years old when his biological father passed away from suicide. About a month after his dad’s death, I found Kaden very distressed, crying alone in his bedroom. I instantly bent down to his level, trying to … Continue reading
When children lose one of their parents to death, they may worry that their other parent will die as well. This worry can also come if another person who has been very important to them (such as a grandparent) dies. … Continue reading
Holidays are normally a time of joy and celebration amongst families; however, they can heighten children’s sense of loss. Whether it is loss from a death or a divorce, a child is more likely to acknowledge the fact that the … Continue reading
Jenny Wheeler, author of Weird is Normal When Teenagers Grieve, talks about the loss of her father and ways teens can cope at the Association of Death Education and Counseling annual conference, 2011.
Stress is the normal nervous tension we feel in our bodies when we are making a transition in our life. Change is sometimes predictable like the birth of a baby, transferring to a higher school grade or graduation from high … Continue reading
Donna Hanschu is a certified Death, Dying & Bereavement specialist. She has worked with Head-start families, families with disabilities, families of the terminally ill, children, teenagers, and senior citizens. She has had considerable personal experience with loss and is the … Continue reading
Donna Hanschu is a certified Death, Dying & Bereavement specialist. She has worked with Head-start families, families with disabilities, families of the terminally ill, children, teenagers, and senior citizens. She has had considerable personal experience with loss and is the … Continue reading
The death of Elizabeth Edwards this week leaves three children without their mother, including two children ages 12 and 10. What can the Edwards family and friends do to help them through their grief? Research by psychoanalysts at the Chicago … Continue reading
Linda Goldman’s book, Great Answers to Difficult Questions About Death: What Children Need to Know, is available at Amazon.com.
I had my back to my office door as I was pounding away on the computer, writing parent permission letters to attend a grief group. After sensing a presence, I turned and saw a student standing there, somber, yet alert … Continue reading
Megan Prescott’s book, Squirrel and Oak, A Story of Hope, is available at Amazon.com.
Julia Sorensen’s book, Overcoming Loss: Activities and Stories to Help Transform Children’s Grief and Loss, is available at Amazon.com.
Robin Edgar’s book, In My Mother’s Kitchen: An Introduction to the Healing Power of Reminiscence, illustrates how to recall and record memories of your loved ones in order to develop rituals that celebrate the times you had with them. This … Continue reading
Gemini Adams’ book, Your Legacy of Love: Realize the Gift in Goodbye, is available at amazon.com.
Barbara Thompson’s father died at age 12, she went on to find hope and meaning after his loss.
This version of the typical children’s memory game (known in some circles as Concentration) is for grieving families to share memories of a departed one. It was therapeutic for me to make, and while playing, the kids rehearse memories as … Continue reading
Laura Slap-Shelton lost her father at age 12, she has gone on to write a children’s book helping kids cope with loss.
June was graduation month for most American high schools. Our twin grandchildren graduated then, and my husband and I attended the ceremony. It was an emotional experience because we are GRGs, grandparents raising grandchildren. We assumed these roles after our … Continue reading
On the first anniversary of our daughter’s death, my husband and I held a graveside service in her memory. It was a brief service because the February temperature hovered around zero and the wind chill was fierce. Despite the weather, … Continue reading
Ever since my daughter died from the injuries she received in a car crash in 2007, I’ve become more aware of the sacred moments in my life. Before she died I thought I was aware of these moments, but this … Continue reading
There are times when, as a sole parent, I feel as if I’m carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders. When I say “sole” parent, I mean only parent. There is no other parent around to pick up … Continue reading