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The death or loss of a child—at any age—is one of the most painful experiences imaginable, causing deep grieving, devastation, and often an intense feeling of emptiness. A child’s death seems antagonistic to the natural process of life, and it is sometimes perceived as the ultimate tragedy. Many parents experience a crisis of faith at the death of their child, wondering how their worldview can accommodate such deep pain and unfairness. Many normal condolences seem insufficient, and parents frequently feel that others can have no understanding of their experience. To compound their isolation, the tragedy of child death can feel overwhelming to those near to the child’s family, causing them to distance themselves. For these reasons, support groups and resources from other grieving parents have proven especially effective in finding a way to work through this immeasurable suffering.

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Care Farming: Using Restorative Spaces to Address Traumatic Grief

A new study explores the importance of care farming, using therapeutic spaces to treat individuals impacted by traumatic grief.

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What I Wish Other People Understood About Losing a Child

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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Mom Writes Moving Love Letter to Fearless Lesbian Daughter Who Died Two Years Ago

Alyssa Sialaris was a stand-out athlete at Whittier College and is one of the eight covers of Jeff Sheng’s FEARLESS book. Two years after her untimely death, her mother writes the letter she wishes her daughter could have seen while she was with us.

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Dealing with Grief: Five Things Not to Say and Five Things to Say in a Trauma Involving Children

Religion can help many of us move past grief and make sense of tragedy. But according to Reverend Emily C. Heath, religion can often come off as trite rather than insightful.

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When Children Die

Losing a child has become a comparatively rare experience, and one that everyone, including experts in pediatric palliative care, now regards as unnatural and traumatic. Does that make the grief harder to bear?

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How Many Children Do You Have?

How many kids do I have? As I continued, “And I’ll give you this quick answer— five. The conversation will move on, most likely with me telling you all about my five children and you telling me all about yours.

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Keeping Your Child’s Memory Alive

There are no words to dispel your feelings at this time, and there is no time that will ever dispel them. I cannot share your grief, because no one could share mine.

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Rabbi Kushner: An ‘Accommodation’ with God

“My sense is God and I came to an accommodation with each other a couple of decades ago, where he’s gotten used to the things that I’m not capable of and I’ve come to terms with things he’s not capable of,” Kushner says. “And we care very much about each other.”

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Dear Mom & Dad – a Note from Your Surviving Child

There may be moments when you wonder about me. How I am doing since our precious family member was stolen from us.

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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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