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What I Wish Other People Understood About Losing a Child

By Paula Stephens — 2020

Four and a half years after the death of my oldest son, I finally went to a grief support group for parents who have lost children.

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MISS Foundation: Helping Families Deal with Tragic Losses

The MISS Foundation serves families who are dealing with one of life’s ultimate darkest hours: the death of a child.

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Katherine Sweet
2013
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Father’s Campaign: More Time Off for Grieving Parents

Following the death of his 18-year-old daughter, Barry Kluger is campaigning for federal law to allow more time off for grieving parents.

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Olivia Smith
2012
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Finding Purpose in Grief: The MISS Foundation Offers a Light at the End of Life’s Darkest Tunnel

A young mother nears the end of her pregnancy with the hope that this child will be as healthy as her other three children. For some reason, however, she feels a sense that something is wrong.

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Raising Arizona Kids
2011
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The MISS Foundation: A Lifeline to Grieving Families

Joanne Cacciatore of Sedona started the nonprofit MISS Foundation in 1996 to provide counseling, advocacy, research and education services to families who have endured the death of a child.

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Mary Ann Bashaw
2016
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Meet Dr. Joanne Cacciatore

Most of you know her as Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, founder of the MISS Foundation and professor and researcher at Arizona State University. Her expertise is helping those affected by traumatic death.

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Sarah Love
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Helping Those Lost in the Darkness of Grief Find Themselves Again

Parents who have suffered the loss of a child are generally offered limited physical and emotional space for bereavement.

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Bob Tedeschi
2017
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The Geography of Sorrow

"But now we’re asked — and sometimes forced — to carry grief as a solitary burden. And the psyche knows we are not capable of handling grief in isolation." - Francis Weller

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Tim McKee, Francis Weller
2015
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Just-Like-That Mind: A Great Zen Teacher on Navigating Loss and Grief

The mismatch between the knowledge and the longing is perhaps the most anguishing of all human experiences.

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Maria Popova
2016
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What to Say to Someone Who Is Dying

The truth is that many of us just don’t know the right words to comfort someone who is dying.

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Candace Rotolo
2020
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Dabda: The 5 Stages of Coping with Death

The five stages of coping with dying (DABDA), were first described by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her classic book, "On Death and Dying," in 1969.

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Angela Morrow
2020
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