by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 8, 2018 |
Children Grieve Too, But Not the Same as Adults As I’m sure you know, children grieve just as deeply as adults, but they express it differently. Because their attention span is shorter, for example, they tend to move in and out of grief, and the symptoms of...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 7, 2018 |
Helping children cope: Tips for talking about tragedy When a tragedy — such as a natural disaster, mass shooting or terrorist attack — occurs, it can be hard to talk to your child about what happened. How do you explain it? How much will he or she understand? Find out...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 5, 2018 |
How to Prepare for a Good Death Death is an uncomfortable topic. Although we’re well-acquainted with platitudes that remind us to seize the moment and live each day like it’s our last, few of us devote real time to envisioning the end of our lives — or the lives of...
by barhop | Apr 30, 2017 |
Video: “Children & Grief” Writer Andrew Solomon has spent his career telling stories of the hardships of others. Now he turns inward, bringing us into a childhood of adversity, while also spinning tales of the courageous people he’s met in the...
