Helping Children Cope With Moving

January 24, 2008 by · Leave a Comment
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It’s a big step, moving to a new home, especially when it means uprooting your family. Children feel the upheaval and don’t often understand all the why’s and how’s. All they know is they’re being tor anway from everything and everyone familiar.

Children Feel the Pain of Death

January 15, 2008 by · Leave a Comment
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The year 2000 was very difficult for my family. My husband and I were anxiously awaiting the newest addition to our family: a little brother for our then two-year old daughter. We realized she couldn’t fully understand why we had her talking to my belly so often. She only knew the act made us smile.

The Death of a Baby

January 15, 2008 by · Leave a Comment
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One of the hardest questions for me to answer is, “How many kids do you have?” When we’re all piled on a bench together you’ll see my husband and me with four pretty cute kids. But someone’s always missing.