Raising Grieving Children

How children can survive the death of a loved one.

Phyllis R. Silverman, PhD, is a Scholar-in-Residence at Brandeis University Women's Studies Research Center. See full bio

July 1, 2009

Losing A Home

On June 21 2009 an arsonist set fire to the Main Building of the Dougy Center, a flagship center for programs for grieving children, in Portland Oregon. Read More

June 1, 2009

Perhaps the most challenging thing about writing a blog is the opportunity to reflect not only on our academic interest, but also on our personal feelings and experiences. This makes the blog more interesting and more real. However, it also brings to the fore our own limitations and abilities to write about our own experiences. Two events over the past month have made this an issue for me. Read More

May 28, 2009

Remembering

On the anniversary last week of the Columbine tragedy, I read two newspaper articles that gave me pause. They were writing about how young people who had been wounded on that day coped with the impact of what they had been through. One reporter regretted that we did not understand Post Traumatic Stress as we do now. This understanding might have been helpful to these young people and prevented the damage in their lives that they now experience day to day. Read More

March 25, 2009

Being Honest With Children

When a parent dies leaving young children there is often an outpouring of advice about how to help these children. I am not comfortable with some of the advice offered albeit well meaning. I think this can an opportunity to call attention to how we define grief; and in this definition we may be able to finds ways to educate, not only the grieving family but those who want to help, as well. Read More

March 10, 2009

A New Beginning

I am a neophyte in this high tech world, but by blogging--I am told--I can write about my ideas and considerations that are related to the subject of children and their reactions to the death of someone close to them. They also tell me that the reader will respond; this is an interesting and challenging opportunity. Read More

Books by Phyllis R. Silverman, Ph.D.

A Parent's Guide to Raising Grieving Children: Rebuilding Your Family after the Death of a Loved One

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