This fact sheet provides guidance around what to consider when preparing children for life without mum.
It may evoke complex feelings related to your mum and her passing, adding another layer to your grief. In this fact sheet, we offer some tips to help you navigate this difficult period.
Grief and anniversaries can catch you off guard, but it’s essential to remember that you’re not alone in your feelings.
As the years go on, it might start to feel a little different, and you might start to feel like you’re getting a bit better at navigating your mum’s birthday.... but, it can be awfully hard, triggering and challenging to know what to do on the first, second and even third one.
Here are some helpful tips and insights provided by members of our community that may assist when trying to build a healthy and robust relationship with the motherless step-daughter/children in your life.
We understand that this can be a tough time and that it is sometimes difficult to find the right words or know how to help. This fact sheet provides some practical ways you can better support someone you know who has lost their mother.
Memories of Mum is a journal aimed at supporting children aged 4+ who have experienced mother loss. It helps to make sense of their grief and loss while creating a personalised memoir.
It can help:
Whilst our journals are free, we welcome donations where possible so that we can continue to provide this valuable resource to children whose mothers have died.
To obtain a journal(s) for a young person and/or to make a donation, please email us below and provide us with the following information:
Once we’ve received your information, we’ll be in touch to confirm we’ve sent the journal to you!
The Motherless Daughters private peer support group on Facebook is a safe space for over thousands of daughters to engage in open conversation and support each other as they cope with grief and life's ongoing journey without mum.
