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 ...

Parents often want to protect their children from grief and death. However, carefully confronting reality usually helps children to come to terms with a loss, so it's worth considering taking them to ...

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 ...

Working through both big and little grief events with a child and alone is a major take away. Source: Jeremy Thomas | Unsplash Over the last couple of years, the mental health of children has been ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An experienced weaver of health, technology, ethics and spirituality. A child confronted with death is dealing with a ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The death of 12-year-old Juan Acevedo has been devastating to his family, this community, and schoolmates at Larkspur Middle School. But among the challenges faced when a ...

When I was about 10 years old, a boy who attended my church died. His name was Antonio and we sang in the youth choir ...

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 ...

What for many is the happiest time of the year can often be filled with a spectrum of emotions for those who have lost a loved one. Feelings like sadness, grief, guilt and isolation are common during ...

In the Buddhist tradition, the story of Kisa Gotami is famous worldwide. It serves to remind us that, despite the pain we ...

A day camp in Miami is sending children home with more than arts-and-crafts projects and memories. For dozens of young campers, it is offering something far more difficult — tools to navigate grief ...