A gentle grief workbook for kids after the death of someone they love, including a person or beloved pet. Helps children understand grief, name feelings, notice body changes, ask hard questions, remember their person, and find small ways forward with support.
Big Goodbyes is designed for children grieving the death of someone they love, including a family member, friend, or beloved pet. It helps kids understand that grief comes in waves, that many feelings can exist at once, and that nothing they did, said, thought, or wished caused the death. It is meant to be used with a supportive grown-up nearby.
Want support for older ages too? Big Goodbyes is available in Kids, Tween, Teen, and Adult editions so families can choose the version that best fits each person’s developmental stage.
GRIEF WORKBOOK FOR KIDS
A gentle workbook for kids learning how to understand grief, remember someone they love, and move through big feelings after a death.
What Grief Is
A child-friendly explanation of grief as love that has nowhere to go, with reassurance that grief comes in waves.
All the Feelings
Helps kids name sadness, anger, fear, guilt, relief, confusion, silliness, and other normal grief feelings.
Grief in the Body
Explains how grief can show up as tiredness, sleep changes, stomachaches, headaches, appetite changes, crying, or irritability.
Questions Kids Ask
Gently addresses common worries like “Was it my fault?” “Will other people die?” “Am I going to die?” and “Will I forget them?”
Different Kinds of Deaths
Includes sensitive language for long illness, sudden death, accidents, suicide, baby loss, and pet loss.
Remembering and Moving With It
Supports children in keeping memories close while continuing to live, play, ask questions, and receive support.
This workbook is a psychoeducational grief resource and is not a substitute for therapy, medical care, crisis care, safety planning, or individualized clinical support. If a child’s grief becomes more intense over time, significantly interferes with sleep, eating, school, or safety, or includes self-harm concerns, contact a licensed mental health professional or crisis support immediately.