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 ...

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 ...

A spokesperson has shared the touching reason Cat Deeley was absent from her mother-in-law's funeral, revealing the family ...

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 ...

When a loved one dies, parents and guardians often question whether infants and/or young children should attend the subsequent funeral, memorial, and/or burial service(s) held for the deceased, or if ...