Children and Loss

• Tips for how to tell your other children
• Know what your other children’s concept of death is, by age
• The New Song Center offers grief support specifically to siblings and other children
• Here is an outside link with additional information for children
• Special farewell words and music (from our site)
• Helpful perspectives and scriptures for the different aspects of pregnancy loss ( outside link – scroll to the bottom and click the link you’d like to read more about)
• Comfort Zone is a free childrens camp that explores grief
• When Teachers Face Grief in the Classroom – Dr. Silverman (outside article)
• The Impact of Miscarriage on Our Daughters is an outside article
• Our international Long Term Support section has crisis hotlines, books and more (and our local long term support section has resources in your own community)

Books for Children

• A Letter from Heaven – Steve Butler
• We Do Remember You – Steve Butler
• Raising Grieving Children – Dr. Silverman (Psychology Today – blog)
• Our Baby Died – Dr. Jane Worland
• My Baby Big Sister – Cathy Blanford
• Something Happened – Cathy Blanford
• I Miss You: A First Look at Death – Pat Thomas
• We Were Gonna Have a Baby, but We Had an Angel Instead – Pat Schwiebert
• Someone Came Before You – Pat Schwiebert
• Isabelle’s Dream: A Story and Activity Book – Betsy Arenella
• Gentle Willow – Joyce C. Mills
• Granddad’s Prayers for the Earth – Douglas Wood
• The Dragonfly Door – John Adams
• Helping Children Grieve – Theresia Huntley

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