A heartfelt article by Michelle Deville deals with how she as a parent is trying to help her daughter after the sudden death of her daughter’s teenage friend.
Michelle writes how this mirror her own experience in high school when her friend died in a car accident.  Michelle offers solid advice such as
Don’t ever invalidate the [...]

As part of their new partnership with the Boston Celtics, TD Banknorth is providing teens from The Children’s Room the opportunity to attend a Celtics game through the “TD Banknorth Kids Clubhouse” program. Celtics forward Al Jefferson hosts the program and will meet with our teens. The teens will be courtside to watch the Celtics [...]

This workshop is open to the public and is ideal for teachers and other professionals who work with children of all ages.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm (Fee: $25, payable on-line or in person)
Location: The Children’s Room, 1210 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA
To register, email cshannon@childrensroom.org.  RSVPs are essential as space is limited [...]

As part of our on-going Parenting Through Grief series, a group of our alumni parents came together and shared their experiences of parenting a grieving teenager.  We are thankful for our Parent Council for organizing this and writing up the notes from their discussion.  The full version is in our Resources section.
Our next Parenting Through [...]

As part of the National Day of Service on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, The Children’s Room opened its doors wide to a group of over 50 volunteers of all ages.
Thank you to everyone who volunteered and donated on this inspirational day.
The list of accomplishments is long:

Built shelving for art supplies which we desperately needed [...]

The Children’s Room sponsors a series of parent to parent workshops so our “alumni” parents can share with others their insight and experience of what it is like to be a grieving parent and a grieving adult who wants to go on living fully.
Please join us at our upcoming workshop. Admission is free, and we [...]

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 [...]