The term “replacement child” was created to describe those born after a sibling's death. Researchers coined the name after realizing that bereaved parents sometimes conceive another child out of grief ...

Losing a pet is the first time many children encounter death. The experience can become an opportunity for profound emotional learning and influence how young people understand and process grief when ...

Death creates a deep, lifelong impact for kids in every part of the world. In the United States, around one in 20 children will lose a parent by age 16—and countless others will grieve for a ...

When I was a school social worker, a teary-eyed father once came to the school to tell his 4-year-old daughter’s teacher that the child’s mother had been in an accident. He did not speak to his child ...

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This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Still, many families and educators do not always know how to talk about grief and loss, especially with children. Younger children are particularly vulnerable to having their grief overlooked, ignored ...