Grief Through a Hispanic and Latino Lens: Why Culture Matters in Bereavement Support When we think about grief, it's easy to focus on the emotions that often accompany it—sadness, anger, guilt, confusion, or longing. While these experiences can be universal, the way we [...]
El duelo desde una perspectiva hispana y latina Cuando pensamos en el duelo, es fácil centrarnos en las emociones que suelen acompañarlo: tristeza, enojo, culpa, confusión o añoranza. Aunque estas experiencias pueden ser universales, la manera en que comprendemos, expresamos y afrontamos el [...]
Showing Up, Week After Week: Thank You to Our Volunteer Facilitators As another program year comes to a close, we’re taking a moment to recognize the dedicated Volunteer Facilitators who make our center-based peer support groups possible. Week after week, our Volunteer Facilitators [...]
An Eagle Scout Service Project at The Children’s Room An Eagle Scout service project rooted in gratitude, leadership, and giving back. Sometimes the most meaningful acts of service begin with a simple email: “I used to come to The Children’s Room and am [...]
Recommended Books for Children, Teens, and Families Who Are Grieving Books can help us find language for experiences that are often difficult to describe. For children and teens who are grieving, stories can offer reassurance, normalize feelings, and open the door to meaningful [...]
What Teens Gained from This Year’s Grief Support Panel For teens participating in our Teens-Only Peer Support Groups at The Children’s Room, this year’s Alumni Resiliency Panel offered a unique opportunity: hearing directly from former participants who once sat in the same groups and [...]
Pathway to Partnership: Bringing Grief Support to Fenway High School Students at Fenway High School are now participating in a school-based grief peer support group — all receiving grief-specific support for the first time. That outcome didn’t happen overnight. It followed a clear [...]
Making Room for Play: Why It Matters in Grief Support for Children and Teens Grief can feel heavy for children, teens, and the adults caring for them. Emotions may arrive all at once: sadness, confusion, anger, longing. For young people who don’t always [...]
Why Words Matter: Grief-Inclusive Language at The Children’s Room At The Children’s Room, we believe that the words we choose matter. Not as a set of rules, but as a form of care. Every child, teen, and family who comes to TCR brings [...]
TOTS ONLY: Supporting Families with Young Children When very young children experience the death of a parent, grief often shows up in ways that can feel confusing or overwhelming for the adults caring for them. Questions repeat. Play becomes a language. Big feelings [...]
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