Death of a Parent or Loved One
Flaum Souksamlane In Loving Memory Foundation
Produces and distributes literature and other materials (videos, games, etc.) for use by children, adults and organizations to provide an understanding of, and assist children with, the grieving process. Also offers college scholarships to children who have had one or both parents die and grants to organizations helping children through the grieving process.
Suggestions and advice regarding dealing with your child's grief over the loss of a loved one.
Helping Kids Deal with Deployment
Provides guidance on how to cope with the challenges and adjustments that children and families often face during a deployment.
Hospice - Talking to Children about Death
Provides information for parents about talking to children about death.
Hospice Net's Children Section
Provides information for parents and other family members about children and grief and talking to children and teenagers about death.
Military Kids - Responding to their Grief
Helps parents and other caregivers understand and respond to the grief of a child who has lost a military parent.
Simple tips for adults regarding communication and interaction when caring for children of any age who have had a parent die.
Talking to Children about Death
Provides some general, helpful information about talking to children about death, which may be adapted to meet each family's needs.
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
Supports and assists surviving families of those who have died in service to America through a wide variety of programs including those for grieving children and peer support programs.
Traumatic Grief in Military Children
Although posttraumatic stress reactions may occur after a deployed parent has been killed in combat,
symptoms can also appear when death comes weeks or months after an initial combat injury, even if the death has been anticipated by the child or adults in the child's life.
Zero to Three - Young Children on the Homefront Video
Military families share deployment experiences and early childhood professionals offer tips for dealing with grief and loss from deployment and the challenges of reuniting.
