Experiencing the death of a child is an unimaginable loss that profoundly impacts every aspect of a parent's life. As bereaved parents, not only do you have to grapple with your grief, but you also face the daunting challenge of supporting your surviving children [...]
We are excited to share that The Children's Room has made a significant impact at the 2024 National Alliance for Children's Grief (NACG) Annual Symposium. Our Associate Program Director for Family and Expressive Arts, Laurie Moskowitz-Corrois, and Program Coordinator for Center-based Services, Lucy [...]
What is grief? Most people respond by saying it is sadness, but grief is far more expansive and complicated. It has many feelings attached to it, often several at the same time. Historically, it has been thought that infants and children do not grieve, [...]
This fall brings new and exciting ways of doing things at The Children’s Room. We continue to be committed to providing direct grief support services - both in person at our Center in Arlington, in the Community at Schools or Community Organizations, and through [...]
The Lost Pond is a wilded sanctuary space that spans the border between Newton and Brookline, MA. It includes long, meandering trails, a kettle hole, and a quaking bog. A section of the surrounding woods was recently remediated because of its proximity to the [...]
Tips and Strategies for Talking about Grief Dr. Nancy Frumer Styron, Clinical Director, The Children's Room, provides insights and strategies for talking with children and teens about death and grief.
It doesn’t matter what time of year it is when you are grieving. The past few weeks of this year have been filled with shock and surprise, pain and anger, and so much grief. All of this is on top of it being [...]
Community Grief Dr. Nancy Frumer Styron, Clinical Director, The Children's Room, provides insights and strategies for communities in grief after a traumatic event. For additional resources please see our community grief resources page. TheChildrensRoom-CommunityGrief from Children's Room on Vimeo.
Community Grief We are shocked, outraged, and pained and want to acknowledge the tragedy and horror in Texas at the Robb Elementary School. This is now about grief in families, in multiple classrooms, a school, an entire community, and the nation. The grief that [...]
The annual Child Bereavement Estimation Model, (CBEM), conducted by Denver-based research organization, Judi's House and the New York Life Foundation, estimates that 1 in 14 children in Massachusetts* will experience the death of a parent or a sibling by the age of 18. This means [...]
The Children’s Room
1210 Massachusetts Ave.
Arlington, MA 02476
Phone: (781)-641-4741
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Email: info@childrensroom.org
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