For Grieving Kids

When someone we care about dies, we have a lot of different feelings. Sometimes we may feel sad and cry. Other times we may be angry and not want to be around anyone. Sometimes we may feel lonely and scared and confused. Other times we may even feel like we should have done something different so the person didn't die. Do you want to know something, though? It wasn't your fault. There was nothing you could have done differently to make that person still be alive. It's true. Your special person dying didn't happen because of you. This person loved you and cared about you, and they still do, even though they're not here with you anymore.

Do you have someone you can talk to when you're feeling these different ways? Do you have something you can do to feel better? 

At Ted E. Bear Hollow, we meet with other kids your same age. We talk about what happened, we talk about how things have changed now that your special person is gone, we share ideas about things that we can do to help ourselves feel better. We do lots of fun activities because it is very important that you can still be a kid. You need to laugh and play and be silly, even if you think you are supposed to be sad all the time. You need to meet other kids who know what it's like to have someone die. At Ted E. Bear Hollow, you are never alone.

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