This past week a book group I belonged to read a book that led into a discussion of how death was dealt with in our own families as we were growing up. We recalled that as children we were usually not ...

One of the questions I'm oft asked is whether, or at what age, children should attend funerals. The truth is that I am not the person to ask—ask the child! As soon as children are able to sit still or ...

Parents often want to protect their children from grief and death. However, carefully confronting reality usually helps children to come to terms with a loss, so it's worth considering taking them to ...

Q: What is my responsibility when my children's mother dies and there is a viewing and formal funeral? Ours was a 10-year marriage that ended in a brutal divorce because of her infidelity and ...