Supporting Children Through Challenging Family Situations

This article provides information on how to help children adjust to a divorce.

The incarceration of a loved one can be overwhelming for both children and caregivers. This page gives families and educators videos and other resources to supports kids’ questions and comfort them.

Divorce happens. And it affects children even when they’re too little to talk about it. This article explains how to make a difficult transition easier for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers affected by divorce.

This page provides information for parents, educators and others who may help a child overcome loss.

Coping with the death of a loved one brings enormous challenges for the whole family. This group of resources includes short videos, articles, and printables to support children who have experienced a death in the family.

This parenting resource addresses how to answer a child’s questions about death and how to support your child during time of grief and death.

Some children will experience losses (family members, friends, pets) and go through the grieving process while in an early childhood classroom. This article gives teachers strategies to address death as part of learning about life cycles and nature, but also how to answer basic questions about death. 

This article gives family members and professionals tips on how to support children after their parents divorce, based on age and development.

When a family member struggles with addiction, the whole family struggles. This group of resources includes videos, articles, and printables to help the families you work with.