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Articles

Here are printable articles on a range of grief related issues.

All of these articles are in PDF format, and require Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader (free download).

• ABOUT GRIEF

• What Is Grief Anyway?
• Grief Is Like...?
• When Men Grieve
• Writing Your Way Through - Keeping A Journal Through Tough Times
• Coping With Holidays And Special Days

• BREAKING BAD NEWS

• Breaking Bad News To Children And Teens

• ILLNESS

• Notes for talking through Butterfly Kisses children's book about cancer

• WHEN A DEATH IS ANTICIPATED

• Supporting children and young people living with anticipatory loss

• SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND TEENS THROUGH TOUGH TIMES

• What Does A Grieving Child Or Teen Need The Most?
• Bereavement At Different Ages And Stages
• Supporting A Bereaved Teen
• Making A Memory Book
• When Your Kids Get Really Angry!
• Encourage Them
• Teachers Notes to use with The Grief Book for teens

• SUPPORTING ADULTS WHO ARE GRIEVING

• Supporting Grieving Families
• When Staff are Grieving - for employers and managers

• AFTER A SUICIDE

• Explaining Suicide To Children And Young People
• After a Suicide Booklet PDF
• Suicidal Thoughts Booklet pdf

• FAMILY BREAK UP

• What children need from their parents after separation
• Children need parents to protect them from conflict
• What children need to help them with the hard times after separation
• Working out arrangements for your children
• How to make arrangements for your children after separation
• Getting on as separated parents
• New partners and step families
• Changeover and helping your child move between their two homes
• Tips for grandparents and other family/whanau when there's been a separation involving children
• Answering difficult questions from children after separation

• ABSENT PARENTS

• Talking To Children And Teens About A Parent Who Is Absent Long Term

• MOVING HOUSE

• Moving House? Helping your kids and teens through it...

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