How to Help Teens

Teens need assurance that their caregiver is healthy and getting needed support.
Teens need reasonable and consistent boundaries to know that adults care.
Teens need informed choices to gain some balance and have some control.
Teens need healthy and nutritious food and drink water for hydration.
Teens need to find someone to “listen”.
Teens need adult role models to learn how to grieve in a healthy way.
Teens need privacy and respect from adults.
Teens need a break from grief and to plan time for fun.
Teens need to have a consistent and predictable routine in their day.
Teens need to get enough sleep.
Teens need to have truthful information surrounding the death.
Teens need to have truthful information about any changes that may affect them.