Halloween is behind us and Thanksgiving is just around the corner.  For grieving children, teens and families – or anyone grieving a loss – these are difficult times.  Whether your loss was recent or several years ago, each holiday season presents new challenges.

The Children’s Room has several resources that may help during this time.

Parenting Through Grief Workshop
Sunday, November 9, 2008 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm at The Children’s Room Arlington location
Join us for a parent to parent workshop where alumni parents will share their strategies and ideas for ways to cope with these challenging times.  Admission is free.  We have a summary of key ideas that you can download in a PDF.  This is the first of four parent to parent workshops this program year.  Mark your calendars now to join us.  We are honored to have the support and commitment of alumni parents to provide this valuable resources to the community.

Key things to remember:
1) The anticipation of the event is almost always worse than the actual day.
2) Take care of yourself – make it a priority.  Don’t think about what you “should” do.
3) There are many, many people who want to help you.  Helping you makes them feel better, too.

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