Dr. Victoria Arthur is running the Boston Marathon this year, not because she is devoted to running (she’s just beginning to train in earnest) or because she loves marathons (this is her first!). Victoria is running in memory of her brother Pete, and to [...]
Our Parent Alumni Group is hosting a discussion group on Sunday, March 7, from 6:30-8:00 pm. Please join us for an evening of conversation around the topic of helping your teenager through their loss. Alumni parents, current parents, and waitlist parents are all welcome, as [...]
Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) is presenting a webinar series on helping children and adolescents cope with grief and loss: 1. Bereavement Camps for Kids: Benefits and Challenges – February 1, 1:00-2:30pm ET 2. Bereaved Children & Adolescents: Lessons from Research – April 14, 1:00-2:30pm ET 3. Grieving [...]
The Teen Performance Troupe has written an original show about grief in the lives of teens. Each of the performers is a teen who has experienced the death of a family member, and they have worked to incorporate their personal stories into an innovative [...]
Pamela Powell will lead an ongoing writing workshop "Writing our way through the Dark." An opportunity to express one’s inner thoughts and feelings about loss - to write, to grieve on paper, to read aloud, or not; this group is for anyone at any [...]
Our parent alumni group, who have been through our program, will be hosting a series of informal discussion evenings. We hope these Wednesday evening discussion groups will be especially supportive for parents and guardians of families on our waitlist. Please RSVP to kim@childrensroom.org to [...]
An evening of light and remembrance was celebrated December 9th, at our Community Candle Lighting. We worked together to create a special wreath, as everyone decorated ribbons with messages, memories and wishes and tied them to a circle of evergreens. Our Circle of Light ceremony started as we lit five tall candles representing grief, [...]
Thank you to the 350+ walkers who joined us, and to the many others who supported us from a distance! Our Memories Walk and 10th Anniversary Celebration on October 4th was such a meaningful and successful day. We enjoyed family, friends, inspiring words, sun (!) -- [...]
For parents and other adults who have lost a close loved one – family or friend, there are so many discussions, issues, and concerns that arise. There are topics that are difficult to discuss with people who have not experienced something similar. The Children’s [...]
We are delighted to announce that The Children's Room Teen Performance Troupe has been selected as one of three beneficiaries of the 23rd annual Santa Claus Anonymous (SCA) SnowBall. SCA is a non-profit fundraising organization that supports Boston area youth programs for educational, social, [...]
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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