For parents who have lost a child
Pregnancy loss, stillbirth, infant loss, the death of a child at any age. There is no roadmap for this, and there shouldn’t have to be one. This is the list I would hand you: the people I trust, the organizations that show up, and the books other bereaved parents said they could actually read.
A note from Angela
I won’t pretend to know this specific grief from the inside. But I have sat across from women carrying it, and there is no loss quite like it, the way it rearranges everything about how you understand the world.
This page exists because when you are searching for help at 2 a.m., you need it gathered in one place, not scattered across a hundred tabs. Everything below was written or founded by people who either live this loss themselves or have spent their careers alongside it.
Take whatever piece of this fits today. Leave the rest for later, or never.
Angela
People I recommend
Both of these women are bereaved mothers themselves, writing and working in the open about what came after.
Writer & advocate
Writes as Bereavement Mom after the death of her son William, and founded William’s Be Yourself Challenge to support other families grieving a child. Her honesty about parenting with one foot in two worlds is a resource I point people to.
@bereavementmom →Therapist & author
A therapist and TV host who lost her teenage son Sammy to an accidental fentanyl overdose in 2021. She has grieved publicly and turned her advocacy toward protecting other families from the same loss.
@drlauraberman →Support groups
Organizations built around peer support, meeting in person or virtually with others who carry this loss.
Peer support & chapters
The largest peer-support organization for bereaved parents, siblings, and grandparents. Chapters in every U.S. state.
Visit →Support groups
In-person and virtual support groups for families after miscarriage, stillbirth, and early infant death.
Visit →Peer support for surviving children
Peer support groups for grieving children and families, the model now used by 500+ programs worldwide. For siblings navigating their own grief alongside yours.
Visit →Non-profits
Hotlines, research, services, and advocacy from organizations built around this loss.
Nonprofit
Founded by Joanne Cacciatore. For families grieving the death of a child of any age, with research-grounded support.
Visit →Hotline & support
For families grieving SIDS, stillbirth, and infant loss. 24/7 grief support hotline at 1-800-221-7437.
Visit →Free remembrance photography
Volunteer photographers offer free remembrance portraits to families experiencing stillbirth or infant loss.
Visit →Directory
Directory of grief programs and camps for children, families, and grieving siblings across the U.S.
Visit →Nonprofit for surviving children
Founded by Cara Belvin, who lost her own mother at age nine. Mentors and supports the children and young adults left behind, if there are surviving siblings in your family who need their own support.
Visit →Books
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