As the new school term approaches, our friends at the charity WAY Widowed and Young offer their advice on how they’ve navigated the back-to-school routine with their children following a bereavement. If it’s their first day back at school after a bereavement, it may help to talk with the child in advance about how they might respond to questions or comments from classmates when they return. Karen If your child is starting school for the very first time since your partner has died, make sure you have people on hand to support you for the first school drop off, if possible. What helped me was to know I had a friend on hand who could walk with me to the school gates to drop my daughter off. And I also made sure friends were available for hugs and a cuppa after I’d dropped my daughter off, in case I had a wobble. It’s also helpful to join peer support networks like WAY, which has subgroups set up specifically for widowed parents. Just knowing...