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Everybody Dies

We should talk more, and more matter-of-factly, with children about death.

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A High-Functioning Bereaved Parent

So where am I now, 13 years after my 2½-year-old son, Jacob, died because of a brain tumor? One thing I can say is that my junk mail has no idea where I am.

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‘Holding Silvan': Letting Go of a Life and an Ideal About Death

In her memoir, Monica Wesolowska explores how to parent a child who is caught up in our complex system of modern medical death.

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Lessons in Living While Dying, From Pop

My kids have learned a new vocabulary, including words like lymphoma, chemotherapy, radiation, tumor and bone marrow. But they have also learned something important about being flexible, helping out,...

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Glossy Photo Cards, Highlighting Grief

This is not a campaign to end the photo card. But the year our daughter died, it would have been so much kinder to send something else.

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Blue-Haired Bingo in Footie Pajamas

There’s a common perception that with cancer in the house, the mood is all death and dying, gloom and doom. But there can be laughter and humor, too.

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Thanks to a 4-Year-Old, a Laugh Stronger Than Death

Silence doesn’t protect our kids. It steals their chance to say goodbye.

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After a Father’s Heart Attack, a Well-Meant Lie Backfires on the Playground

My husband had a heart attack in Singapore, and I got on a plane without telling our son.

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When Tragedy and Adolescence Clash, Helping Grieving Teenagers Cope

The reality of death and grief unfolds differently for teenagers.

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Snape Is Dead

With the death of Alan Rickman, who played Severus Snape in the Harry Potter movies, our children will experience the curious grief that accompanies the death of someone you knew without knowing.

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Loving a Grandpa Right Down to His Toes

There are some things only life can teach our children. Living with dying is one of them.

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