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Central Coast Voices: Children and Grief

By the time they graduate from high school, one child in the every 20 will have experienced the death of a parent. Additionally, they may also experience deaths of a sibling, close grandparent, aunt, uncle or friend. Children coping with a death of someone important to them may feel their struggles are invisible to those around them. And they often can be. Children’s Grief Awareness Day was initiated in Pennsylvania in 2008 from a desire on the part of students to bring attention to the struggles their grieving classmates faced. Often in silence. 

Join Kris Kington Barker and her guest as we commemorate National Children's Grief Awareness Day. She’ll be speaking with Retired Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Nancy Ballinger, author of  the recently released book Two Brave Cubs Finding Help when Children Grieve as they discuss grief in children and how to support them.

Broadcast date: 11/21/19

Central Coast Voices is sponsored by ACTION for Healthy Communities in collaboration with KCBX and made possible through underwriting by Joan Gellert-Sargen.

Kris Kington-Barker is co-host of Central Coast Voices, heard every Thursday on KCBX from 1:00—12:00 p.m. Kris has worked in healthcare fields ranging from mental health to hospital administration, and has served as a volunteer and board member for many Central Coast non-profit organizations.