Visit Open Studios at Arlington Center for the Arts and while you are there, stop by the cafe on the second floor from noon to 4 pm.  The cafe will be run by two teen supporters of The Children’s Room to benefit our programs!  Here are the details:
Open Studios @ Arlington Center for the Arts [...]

After a wonderful season of about a dozen performances, The Children’s Room Teen Performance Troupe presented its final show for the season and the final (for now!) show with their talented troupe leader: Shelly Steward.
In the audience were friends and family members of each of the six performers. The teens performed to over fifty [...]

Another successful season of our The Children’s Room Teen Performance Troupe is coming to a close. Join us to celebrate this great show, our great performers and Shelly Steward our talented troupe leader who is graduating from college and headed off to Teach for America. The final performance is Saturday, May 31, 2008 from [...]

April 13 to 20, 2008 is the first ever National College Student Grief Awareness Week. We are pleased to promote awareness around the difficulties that college students face when someone close to them dies. Watch this video about the founder of National Students of Ailing Mothers and Fathers Support Network (AMF). Visit their [...]

In the category: “I wish someone had told me”. We spent some time recently with a mom whose teenager died, and I was reminded of this wonderful article about how the simplest things in life can be difficult. “Mrs. Buttersworth” is a short story that has been featured in The Compassionate Friends newsletter and [...]

Our Teen Performance Troupe Premiere! was fantastic! Our group of teens have come together to create a wonderful, powerful show that tells what it’s like to be a grieving teen and how family and friends can help. The teens are getting ready to take this show on the road with performances through May.