NOTES FROM GRIEF

The anticipation of the holidays can be harder than the days themselves. This first look guide helps you plan ahead with your grieving child — what to keep, change, skip, and remember.

Some children process grief through conversation. Others don't want to talk about it at all, and that's a valid way to grieve too. Here's how to support a quieter griever.

Two siblings, grieving the same death, can look like they're having entirely different experiences. Here's why that's normal, and how to support each child without comparing them.

"Everything will be fine" feels kind in the moment, but it can backfire later. Here's how to offer real comfort to a grieving or worried child without promising outcomes you can't control.

Not every loss a child experiences involves a death. Ambiguous loss — when someone is physically absent but still alive, or present but changed — is real grief, and it deserves real support.

Losing a home, a school, or a neighborhood can feel like a genuine loss to a child, even when the move is a good decision for the family. Here's how to help them grieve it well.

A parent's or sibling's serious illness reshapes a child's whole world, often quietly. Here's how to support a child through it without asking them to carry more than their share.

How to support children grieving a divorce or major family change, naming the loss, easing self-blame, and navigating ongoing transitions.