Help Your Child Navigate a Loss — Together

When a child is grieving, the most powerful thing we can offer isn’t answers—it’s presence.

 

This companion guide was designed to help you respond to your child’s journal entries in This Feels Big:  For Kids Who Are Grieving a Big Loss

with empathy, honesty, and care.

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Inside, you’ll find:

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• Thoughtful response suggestions tailored to each journal prompt

• Gentle ways to validate big emotions without rushing through them

• Sample language for when you’re unsure what to say

• Reminders that your own grief matters too

 

This guide will support you in writing back with compassion, even when your child’s reflections bring up your own sorrow.

You don’t need to fix it—you just need to show up. And this guide will help you do that.

Because healing doesn’t happen in silence—it happens in connection.