How to Comfort a Grieving Teen, is presented by author Bridget Park, at the University of Nevada, on February 1, 2014. Bridget Park lost her brother at a young age as a result of suicide. She explains what went wrong right after the death of her beloved brother, at which time she was almost a teenager.
What she tries to convey in this talk is the way people reacted to her emotions after her brother’s demise, which made her feel even worse, instead of feeling better. She says “Do you know, most of what people say to someone who is grieving isn’t comforting at all?” According to her, society does not know the proper way to look after or comfort a teenager, and talks about what might actually have made her feel better if people spoke to her differently, or acted differently around her. “Ask me what I was doing that weekend and just treat me like a normal person, and tell me you are there for me, that would make me feel better.”
If you really want to make a difference and help out such grieving children, there are a lot of websites and articles on the internet that show you ways in which we should take care of children, such as step by step instructions of helping a grieving teen.
A child should not be grieving alone, and due to this big problem today, New Hope for Kids helps out such children in need and those that are ill. To learn more about New Hope for Kids and the grief support services that they have, visit New Hope For Kids.