1. Alive Alone
An organization for educational and charitable purposes, to benefit bereaved parents whose only child or all children are deceased by providing a self-help network and publications to promote communication and healing.
2. Angels Remembered
For all parents who have to walk the road of bereavement: we do not walk alone and we remember our children together.
3. Baby Steps
Named after the baby steps that form the long and difficult road to recovery from the loss of a child. No parent, relative or friend is immune from the pain that results from the loss of a young loved one.
4. Bereaved Parents of the USA
A nationwide organization designed to aid and support bereaved parents and their families who are struggling to survive their grief after the death of a child.
5. The Compassionate Friends
The Compassionate Friends is a national nonprofit, self-help support organization which offers friendship and understanding to families who are grieving the death of a child of any age, from any cause.
6. Hygeia
Using new technology to share age-old feelings and lessons, Hygeia® provides the most comprehensive resource and largest international online community for families experiencing the grief and sorrow which accompany the loss of a pregnancy or newborn child and the angst of parenting and caring for critically ill neonates or children.
7. Lamenting Sons: Fathers and Grief
Some thoughts and resources for parents grieving children lost to illness, accidents, homicide, suicide, and other tragedies.
8. Mothers in Sympathy and Support
A nonprofit, volunteer based organization committed to providing emergency support to parents after the death of their baby: stillbirth, neonatal death, premature birth, congenital anomalies, SIDS, and any child's death.
9. National SIDS Resource Center
National SIDS Resource Center Information sheets and publications.
10. Parents of Murdered Children
The only national helping organization which is specifically for the survivors of homicide victims and which follows up with supportive family services after the murder of a family member or friend.
11. Pen Parents
A specially designed support network of grieving parents who have experienced pregnancy loss or the death of a child through adulthood.
12. SHARE Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support
Serving those whose lives are touched by the tragic death of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or newborn death.
13. T*A*P*S
National non-profit organization made up of, and providing services to, all those who have lost a loved one while serving in the Armed Forces.
14. WidowNet
An information and self-help resource for and by widows and widowers. Topics covered include grief, bereavement, recovery, and other information helpful to people of all ages, religious backgrounds and sexual orientations, who have suffered the death of a spouse or life partner.
15. Adjusting to the Loss of a Parent
A Consumer Resources article from the National Funeral Directors Association.
16. Alone Too Soon
A Consumer Resources article from the National Funeral Directors Association.
17. Bereaved Parents of the USA Newsletters
A national newsletter, published quarterly by Bereaved Parents of the USA
18. Closure - My Experience
One father's experience of closure through forgiveness.
19. The Compassionate Friends Credo
Statement of beliefs from The Compassionate Friends, providing grief support after the death of a child.
20. Concerning Siblings
Article from the Counseling for Loss and Life Changes website.
21. Coping with Death
Caregiving information provided by the National Funeral Directors Association.
22. Dealing with the Loss of a Parent
A Consumer Resources article from the National Funeral Directors Association.
23. The Death of an Adult Child
Online brochure from The Compassionate Friends, providing grief support after the death of a child.
24. Father's Grief
Article from the Counseling for Loss and Life Changes website.
25. Fathers Grieve Too
Focusing on the particular aspects of grief experienced by fathers.
26. Grief and Your Health
Article from the Counseling for Loss and Life Changes website.
27. The Grief of Stepparents When a Child Dies
Online brochure from The Compassionate Friends, providing grief support after the death of a child.
28. Grief Reactions Associated with Misscarriage
Most miscarriages are unexpected and come as a surprise and a shock to women and their partners. With the realisation that the pregnacy has really ended, the sense of grief and sadness can be overwhelming.
29. Grief Reactions Associated with SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
The death of a baby through Sudden Infant Death Syndrome happens out of the blue. The shock and grief can be intense for parents, remaining children, grandparents and other members of the family.
30. Grief Reactions Associated with Stillbirth and the Death of a Newborn Baby
Pregnant couples usually expect birth to be a joyful event, not a sad one. In a normal situation no-one expects a baby to die. The death of a baby brings many intense feelings.
31. Grief Reactions Associated with the Death of a Child
The death of a child comes as a great loss and may give rise to acute grief. The child may be young and their death can seem tragic and unfair to their parents, carers, family members and friends.
32. Grief Reactions Associated with the Death of a Gay Partner
The grief experienced by the surviving partner may be influenced by the type of support network in place.
33. Grief Reactions Associated with the Death of a Parent
Even if distance, conflict, illness or something else has meant you have not seen much of your parent, after their death you may find that you still have powerful feelings of grief.
34. Grief Reactions Associated with the Death of a Partner
After the death of a husband, wife or partner, the feelings which you have and the issues you face will depend on such factors as how close your relationship was to them, your age and health, and whether you still have dependent children at home.
35. Mother's Grief
Article from the Counseling for Loss and Life Changes website.
36. Parents Who are Now Childless
Online brochure from The Compassionate Friends, providing grief support after the death of a child.
37. Stillbirth, Miscarriage and Infant Death
Online brochure from The Compassionate Friends, providing grief support after the death of a child.
38. Surviving a Spouse or Partner
A Consumer Education Series Brochure from the National Funeral Directors Association.
39. Surviving Your Child's Suicide
Online brochure from The Compassionate Friends, providing grief support after the death of a child.
40. Understanding Grief When a Grandchild Dies
Online brochure from The Compassionate Friends, providing grief support after the death of a child.
41. When the Baby Doesn't Come Home: Helping Parents Deal with Stillbirth
A Consumer Resources article from the National Funeral Directors Association.
42. When Widowhood Comes Early
A Consumer Resources article from the National Funeral Directors Association.
43. When Your Child Dies
Caregiving information provided by the National Funeral Directors Association.
44. When Your Parent Dies
A Consumer Education Series Brochure from the National Funeral Directors Association.