“When we consider what it was like to be a child ourselves, we can understand the expanse of emotions that children are experiencing right now. Everything feels so permanent. The way things are now, seem like forever,” says Klemann. “They may be dealing with the death of a pet or family member (or the fear of a parent or loved one dying), the stress of divorced parents, the end of their own relationship or friendships, bullying, homeschooling, missing their social life during quarantine—and the list goes on and on. Our kids are grieving in ways we never experienced when we were their age.”

   

In Klemann’s youth-specific grief work, she uses the book entitled When Children Grieve: For Adults to Help Children Deal with Death, Divorce, Pet Loss, Moving, and Other Losses, and she helps parents or caregivers with the grieving youth in their life.