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

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

• What Is Grief Anyway?
• Grief Is Like...?
• Supporting Grieving Families
• When Staff are Grieving - for employers and managers
• Supporting children and young people living with anticipatory loss
• Breaking Bad News To Children And Teens
• What Does A Grieving Child Or Teen Need The Most?
• Writing Your Way Through - Keeping A Journal Through Tough Times
• Bereavement At Different Ages And Stages
• Supporting A Bereaved Teen
• When Men Grieve
• Explaining Suicide To Children And Young People
• Coping With Holidays And Special Days
• Making A Memory Book
• Moving House? Helping your kids and teens through it...
• Talking To Children And Teens About A Parent Who Is Absent Long Term
• When Your Kids Get Really Angry!
• Encourage Them
• After a Suicide Booklet PDF
• Suicidal Thoughts Booklet pdf
• 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
• 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
• Getting on as separated parents
• Answering difficult questions from children after separation

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"I sent the downloadable article to all my family. It was really helpful and sending it on made me feel like I was doing something useful to support others at this sad, painful family time."

Janine, Nelson

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