GriefShare

by Jodi Rule-Rouse and Linda Ranson Jacobs
www.griefshare.org

Adults play an important role in helping children grieve. Sometimes this might mean someone other than a parent will need to talk with and spend time with the children. Children naturally want to protect their parents, so they may not be open with their own grief. Close family friends and even other relatives can step in and assist the parent in helping the children grieve. The following are tips that a parent or another adult can use to