Grief Resources

Children grieve too, and you can help.

A quick google search for grief resources can leave you feeling overwhelmed. I’m here to make it simple and helpful to find the best grief resources for you. I curated a list of my favorites, and recommendations of other grief professionals. Keep checking back as I keep this list updated and current with the best out there!

GRIEF Books For Kids

Young Children (2-6)

Lifetimes by Bryan Melonie and Robert Ingpen

Everybody Feels Sad by Jane Bingham

The Purple Balloon by Chris Raschka

We Were Gonna Have a Baby But We Had an Angel Instead by Pat Schwiebert

School Age/Pre-teen

The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst

A Complete Book About Death for Kids by Earl Grollman

If Nathan Were Here by Mary Bahr

After the Funeral by Jane Loretta Winsch

GRIEF Books For Teens

You Are Not Alone: Teens Talk About Life After the Loss of a Parent by Lynne B. Hughes

How It Feels To Be Adopted by Jill Krementz

How It Feels When Parents Divorce by Jill Krementz

Facing Change: Falling Apart and Coming Together Again in the Teen Years by Donna O’Toole

Grief Books for Professionals

Meaning Reconstruction and the Experience of Loss by Robert A. Neimeyer

The Grief Recovery Handbook by John W. James and Russell Friedman

Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman

Online Grief Resources

The Dougy Center, The National Center for Grieving Children & Families

What’s Your Grief?

Traumatic Grief, The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

National Centre for Childhood Grief

End of Life: A Grief Support Resource Guide

DR. EDLYNN TALKING ABOUT GRIEF

Grief and Children: Help for Parents, Let’s Talk About Grief! with Addie Anderson, Voiceamerica radio show

Grief Camps

Comfort Zone Camp

Camp Erin, The Moyer Foundation

New Hope Grief, Family Camp

From the blog

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These blog posts are written for the parent seeking support and guidance around the parenting milestone nobody talks about: navigating death and grief.

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A Guide to Child Development and Grief

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The Psychology of Parenting In A Pandemic

We are all scared. Fear is what I see playing out in the heated and emotional debates about parenting decisions in the age of COVID. We are all grieving the loss of normal while managing chronic, high anxiety. Where our fears may have been lurking in the backseat before, they are now in the driver’s seat, taking the wheel.

Holiday Grief

For anyone going through the grief trenches this year, whether it’s the first holiday season full of raw grieving you are still trying to figure out, or if it’s been years after a loss that always resurfaces with holiday reminders, you really are not alone.

Kids and Funerals

I will tell you that based on my years working with dying, death, and grief in children, I almost always recommend that kids go to a funeral for a loved one. Here’s why and how.

Talking to Kids about Death

In my years as a pediatric palliative care psychologist, I had hundreds of conversations about death with parents and children. It never got easier. I got better about knowing the words and what to expect, but I came to accept there was no way for this to feel like an “easy” or “good” conversation.

A Day in the Life of Death: Saying Goodbye to Our Family Dog

There is not a “right” or “wrong” way to grieve. My kids didn’t have to “act” sad to be sad. In fact, I think they were taking care of us on that day.

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