CEO for the National Alliance for Grieving Children speaks in Easley

EASLEY — How does one understand or help a child through the loss of a loved one? Families ask that question regularly. What is the child thinking and feeling? Depending on the age of the relative or friend how do you explain the sudden absence? How can you see it through their eyes? A phrase Chris Robinson heard at the July meeting of the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) meeting in Asheville was…”If a child is old enough to love, they are old enough to grieve”

Chris Robinson was deeply moved at a panel discussion where a video presentation accompanied a brand new brochure entitled Youth and Funerals. It addressed the every aspect of a child’s grief especially the fact that children should be given the opportunity to participate in the Memorialization process.

As a result of the meeting, Robinson Funeral Home sponsored an event

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