28/07/2025
Humans aren’t born knowing how to talk about grief. We tend to avoid the topic because it feels overwhelming, or because we fear “making it worse” by bringing it up. But silence isn’t neutral. Silence sends the message: Your pain is too big for us to handle. It tells a grieving child: We don’t know what to do with you:
Cindy Crawford recalled returning to school after her brother’s death to an uneasy silence. Here’s why that silence hurts grieving kids—and how to give them the words they need.
