Children may have seen a hundred zombies de-brained on a video game, but the reality of someone’s passing is obviously quite different.
Filed under: Grief and Grieving, Talking with Children on September 24th, 2010 | No Comments »
Learn about the role that the Internet plays in the lives of grieving young people and the implications for clinicians.
Filed under: Death & Dying, Death Care News, Grief and Grieving, Talking with Children on May 10th, 2010 | No Comments »
Children, in particular, benefit from some sort of family service for a pet.
Filed under: Death & Dying, Grief and Grieving, Pet Loss, Talking with Children on April 9th, 2010 | No Comments »
I never ceased to be amazed at the number of individuals who die over the holidays.
Filed under: Grief and Grieving, Talking with Children on December 21st, 2009 | No Comments »
Have you thought more about end-of-life decisions since the recent debate over health care? While some individuals claim that the health care bill (or variations of that bill) carry information about ‘death panels,’ you can rest assured that this term is not used in any terminology.
Filed under: Death & Dying, Death Care News, Death Practices, Other Legal Matters, Talking with Children, Wills & Estate Planning on October 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
If you are making a will, or if you made one so long ago that you don’t remember what it contains, you may want to change that will to reflect your current conditions both financially and in the growth or diminishing rate of your family. If your family has grown, you may have included what are known as “nontraditional” children. These children would include children from previous marriages, adopted children and even illegitimate children. How can you provide for them in your will if you desire?
Filed under: Death & Dying, Estate Planning, Talking with Children, Wills & Estate Planning on August 24th, 2009 | No Comments »
My daughter and I traveled to Wales in 2005 to find my third great grandfather’s grave. When we found it (after extensive research before our trip), we purchased some local flowers and left those flowers and a note attached to those flowers for anyone who might visit the grave later. If someone visited the grave, they may be a relative, even if distant.
Filed under: Cemeteries, Death & Dying, Death Practices, Graveyard Etiquette, History of Funerals, Talking with Children, Traditions on June 16th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Also known as “visitation,” “calling hours” and “waking the dead,” the funeral wake is a way to pay respect to the deceased. In the past, the wake was part social and partly practical, as – before funeral parlors and homes were created – the funeral often took place in the home of the deceased. Embalming often was not practiced, so someone needed to sit with the body to keep the bugs, flies, rats, dogs, cats and other curious and carnivorous animals – such as body snatchers – away from the corpse.
Filed under: Death & Dying, Death Practices, Funeral Arrangements, Funeral Basics, Grief and Grieving, Talking with Children, Traditions on May 31st, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Attitudes toward death in America have changed over the centuries, because this country’s socio-economic status has changed as well as occupations, ethnic influences and more. In colonial America, especially in New England with the Puritans, and in Colonial Virginia, death was looked upon with a reality that does not seem prevalent today. Life was cut [...]
Filed under: Death & Dying, Death Practices, Funeral Arrangements, History of Funerals, Talking with Children on May 28th, 2009 | No Comments »
I was young when my grandmother died, but I remember clearly how I felt. I was sad, but mostly I was scared. I didn’t know what had happened, and – in my family – children were the last ones to know about details. That experience finally led me to counseling, which was a great move. You see, that counseling taught me how to talk about death with my own daughter.
Filed under: Death & Dying, Grief and Grieving, Talking with Children on December 24th, 2008 | No Comments »
