The death or absence of a parent is an extremely traumatic experience for a child. There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to helping children grieve, cope with, or process their feelings in difficult circumstances. Instead, you simply have to be there for them in any way possible—to listen to their stories, help maintain normalcy, and […]
Kidlit Open Mic is a spinoff of the YA Open Mic series that occurs each month over on our Teen blog. For this series, we ask authors to share stories on topics of their choice. The stories can be as funny or as serious as the authors want. We simply want to hear about something that is […]