Resources for Parents/Caregivers/Guardians
Snippets
Children cope with grief in many different ways. It is important to allow opportunities for children to express their thoughts and feelings openly in a safe environment. This will allow them to learn and grow throughout the grief process.
“If you are old enough to love, you are old enough to grieve.” — Alan Wolfeit
To Read
- HOL Grief Packet for Parents/Guardians (The Grief Cycle, Grief Reactions, Explaining Life & Death to a Child, Supporting a Grieving Child/Teen, Supportive Words, Book List)
- Play is my Work: How Adults Can Support Children
- Supporting Youth During Turbulent Times Infographic
- Youth & Funerals [English and Spanish]
- Returning To School While Grieving
- Caregivers and Schools Working Together in Partnership After a Death
- Kaleidoscope Grief Book Resource List
To Watch
To Listen
- Parenting While Grieving from What's Your Grief Podcast
- Helping Children and Teens Cope with Fear After a Death from Grief Out Loud
- How Do Children Experience Grief from Kids are Philanthropists, Too
- Autism and Grief: Grief Out Loud
- The "What's Your Grief" Podcasts
If you are looking for more information relating to supporting grieving youth and parenting while grieving, please contact Hospice of Lenawee at (517) 263-2323. Hospice of Lenawee’s Kaleidoscope Program aims to provide grieving youth with temporary support and guidance following a loss. For more information about Kaleidoscope services, click here.