When a parent dies during childhood, the grief doesn't end when childhood does.
Join parent-loss experts Hope Edelman and David Kessler for a free, 1-hour live conversation on how early parent loss continues to shape grief, identity, relationships, and life transitions long after childhood.
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When a parent dies early in life, the loss doesn't stay frozen in the past.
It can reappear at graduations, weddings, becoming a parent, career milestones, anniversaries, health changes โ and in the quiet everyday moments when the absence is felt all over again.
For clinicians and helping professionals, this kind of loss can be easy to miss, especially when the death happened years or even decades ago. For those who've lived it, the grief can feel confusing, lonely, or hard to explain.
In this free event, Hope Edelman and David Kessler will offer language, insight, and compassionate understanding for a grief experience that often continues across a lifetime.
Two of the most trusted voices in grief, in one conversation.
Hope Edelman
Hope Edelman is one of the leading voices on early parent loss and the author of Motherless Daughters, the groundbreaking book that helped bring lifelong grief after early mother loss into public conversation.
Her work has supported generations of people in understanding how the death of a parent in childhood can continue to shape a life โ from adolescence into adulthood, parenting, and every transition along the way.
David Kessler
David Kessler is one of the world's foremost grief experts, the founder of Grief.com, and the author of Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief.
He has spent decades teaching, writing, and supporting people through grief, loss, and healing โ from families at the bedside to the world's largest grief community online.
What we'll explore.
- Why early parent loss can resurface long after childhood.
- How grief changes as a person grows, matures, and reaches new life stages.
- Why this loss can shape identity, relationships, parenting, and major transitions.
- What grief professionals may miss when the death happened many years ago.
- A compassionate framework for understanding parent loss across a lifespan.
This free event is designed for people who hold grief โ professionally, personally, or both.
Learn how to better support anyone who lost a parent early in life.
When a parent dies during childhood, the grief can echo across a lifetime. Join Hope Edelman and David Kessler for a conversation that will help name what so many people have carried quietly for years.
