Parent Guides
The National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement and the New York Life Foundation have partnered to develop a booklet that provides practical advice on how parents and other adults can support grieving children. After a Loved One Dies − How Children Grieve. By D. Schonfeld and M. Quackenbush. New York, NY: New York Life Foundation, 2009, includes:
- Helping children, helping the family
- Why a parent’s role is important
- Helping children understand death
- How children respond to death
- Attending funerals and memorials
- Helping children cope over time
- Getting help
- Taking care of yourself
- Looking into the future
Download a copy (in English or Spanish) as a .pdf or order a copy from the New York Life Foundation website. Chinese and Japanese translations (.pdf) are also available to download.
