Related Links

Many families find the following resources to be helpful during what is often a difficult and sensitive time. 

Online Support Groups

Bereaved Families Online
Bereaved Families provides support for people who have lost an immediate family member.

GriefNet
GriefNet is an Internet community of persons dealing with grief, death, and major loss. GriefNet has 37 email support groups and two web sites.

Helping Others

When a Co-Worker is Grieving the Death of a Child
From the Compassionate Friends

How Can an Employer Help?
From Bereaved Families Online.

Helping Children Cope with Loss
From the National Mental Health Association

Explaining Suicide to Children
From Suicide Awareness\Voices of Education

Helping the Bereaved Through the Holidays
From About.com

Helping Yourself

Living When Your Spouse Has Died
From the National Funeral Directors Association

Parent Death
From the National Funeral Directors Association