I define grief quite simply as what one feels following a loss. Grief can feel crushingly sad, or it can feel like numbness. It can come in waves, or it can wait a month and then mow you down. It can ...

"I wish I was dead.” Today, when your child says these words, they cannot be brushed off as simple teen angst. There is a chance she is seriously considering taking her life. According to a survey by ...

Many of us have experienced the loss of a pet. It’s a feeling that words can hardly capture—horrendous, often surprisingly so. For a child, that grief can be even more overwhelming. Although words may ...

All children experience sadness at some points in their lives. Most often, the sadness follows the death of an important person or beloved pet or the loss of a prized possession. Sometimes it is the ...

January can feel exhausting. With the magic of Christmas and New Year fading fast, returning to routine brings with it an ...

In the midst of writing this column, I learned a friend’s teen daughter had died. I am steeped in sadness. There is disbelief, a deep ache in my heart, and the knowledge the lives of her parents, ...

“*Miri gets so worried about her tests at school that she develops severe headaches. Nothing I say seems to relax her tension. What should I do?” “*Reuven complains of stomach aches all during the ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. Sophie Blackall is into history: the stories you find in it, the visuals you get from it, the emotions it makes ...

In the Buddhist tradition, the story of Kisa Gotami is famous worldwide. It serves to remind us that, despite the pain we ...