The teen years are filled with rapid growth and change that sometimes can feel challenging. Teens are forming their identity as people outside the family and school, experimenting with roles within their family and peers, and getting ready to enter the world and explore [...]
Though experiencing a death can be a life-changing event for anyone, adolescence is a crucial period of development. Something we’ve learned from teens who have had someone die is that it can be beneficial to figure out what actually helps you cope with grief [...]
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 [...]
Adolescence can be a unique time full of life challenges, milestones, relationship dynamics, and identity exploration. Having different needs and personalities, teens also often grieve in their own personal ways. Here TCR's Program Manager for Schools, Community, and Adolescents, Christine Lambright, and Program Coordinator [...]
Fall YIP Graduation: Sudbury students presents a check donation to The Children's Room Though experiencing death can be a life-changing event for anyone, adolescence is a crucial development period. And our program staff consistently listens to our community on how we can better serve [...]
Katie (center) and her fellow TCR peers, May 2008 TCR Board Member Katie Gorczyca looks back at her time as a teen and how she’s stayed involved and connected through the years. By Katie Gorczyca I was twelve when my sixteen-year-old brother, Danny, died [...]
Teen Resources Christine Lambright, Youth & Community Outreach Coordinator at The Children's Room worked with The Parmenter Foundation to offer these resources for teens. Teen Grief - How Teens Respond to Grief Teen Grief - How to Prepare a Teen for an Anticipated [...]
When Grieving Children & Teens Go Back to School The school supplies are on the shelves in the stores already. It is almost time to gather books and backpacks and to recalibrate our bodies and minds to the season change and the rhythms set [...]
Graduation and beyond The Children’s Room is proud of our graduating seniors. We're proud of our graduating seniors and appreciate all that you have shared! We also recognize that the past years might have felt quite different than usual for students, and we [...]
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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Monday through Friday
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