Resources for Parents & Caregivers
Talking with Children and Youth About Serious Illness:
As Big as it Gets: Supporting Children when a Parent is Seriously Ill by Winston’s Wish
Living Dying: A Guide for Adults Supporting Grieving Children and Teenagers by Ceilidh Eaton Russell
When a Parent is Sick: Helping Parents Explain Serious Illness to Children by Joan Hamilton
KidsGrief.ca a free online resource that helps parents support their children when someone in their life is dying or has died. It equips parents with the words and confidence needed to help children grieve life’s losses in healthy ways.
Children and Youth Grief Network
Children at the Bedside of a Dying Family Member or Friend by Andrea Warnick
Don’t Use the ‘D’ Word: Exploring Myths about Children and Death by Andrea Warnick
KidsGrieve2 Q&A a monthly live Q&A with Andrea Warnick
Talking with Young People about Serious Illness and Dying an online tip sheet by the Dr. Jay Children’s Grief Centre
What About my Kids: A Guide for Parents Living with Breast Cancer by Linda Corsini
When to Tell the Children: Preparing Children for the Death of Someone Close to Them by Andrea Warnick
Supporting Children and Youth Following a Death:
35 Ways to Help a Grieving Child by The Dougy Centre
A Child’s Grief: Supporting a Child when Someone in their Family has Died by Winston’s Wish
A Parent’s Guide to Raising Grieving Children by Phyllis R. Silverman
Beyond the Rough Rock: Supporting a Child who has Been Bereaved Through Suicide by Winston’s Wish
Finding your Own Way to Grieve: A Creative Activity Workbook for Kids and Teens on the Autism Spectrum by Karla Helbert
Helping Teens Cope with Death by The Dougy Centre
Hope Beyond the Headlines: Supporting a Child Bereaved through Murder or Manslaughter by Winston’s Wish
Never too Young to Know: Death in Children’s Lives by Phyllis R. Silverman
Attending Funerals, Memorials, and Other Rituals an online tip sheet by the Dr. Jay Children’s Grief Centre
After a Suicide: Ten Tips for Helping Children and Teens an online tip sheet by The Dougy Centre
KidsGrief.ca is a free online resource that helps parents support their children when someone in their life is dying or has died. It equips parents with the words and confidence needed to help children grieve life’s losses in healthy ways.
Children and Youth Grief Network
KidsGriefQ&A a monthly live Q&A with Andrea Warnick by Canadian Virtual Hospice
Preparing Children for Funerals and Memorials by Andrea Warnick and funeral director Michelle Methven
Supporting Grieving Kids and Teenagers at Father’s Day an online tip sheet by the Dr. Jay Children’s Grief Centre
Supporting Grieving Kids and Teenagers at Mother’s Day an online tip sheet by the Dr. Jay Children’s Grief Centre
Supporting Grieving Preschoolers an online tip sheet by The Dougy Centre
When a Parent Dies by Suicide: What Kids Want to Know an online tip sheet by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health