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How does your child grieve?

Children do grieve differently than adults, and sometimes it's hard to know what's "normal". Do you know all the warning signs?

Have you helped your child deal with grief? Share your story with our Beyond Story tool.

Little Heart- Big Void

by Deb Sims , MS,RNCS,LCSW

I am searching for info that might be able to help my soon-to-be eight-year-old daughter who lost her father to cancer almost three years ago. Not one day goes by that she doesn't mention him. She is free to talk about her father at any given time, but to this day...she is found at school or here at home in tears because she misses her daddy.

When God Became A Parent

by Darren Daugherty

Children and their grief are often ignored. In dealing with your own grief, it may be easy to overlook a child who seems to be doing fine. Like people in this study, your child may be ignoring his or her own feelings in a desire to protect you from having to care for them in your time of need.

Helping a Child Heal Through Grief: Part 1

by Barbara Trimble

In the fall of 1964, I was seven years old when my three-day-old brother died from a heart defect. I don't remember much about my mother's pregnancy, but I will always remember the morning my oldest sister told me that he had died.