Helping your child handle Christmas when someone close to you both has died can feel like an emotional maze.

And there’s your own feelings at this time of year to handle too, when the focus everywhere you turn is on ‘being all together’.

Robyn Parker is a Senior Social Worker at Trinity where she works with bereaved children and their families, and those facing the expected loss of a loved one.

She sat down to share a few tips to make Christmas manageable when a catalogue of emotions can come into play for all.

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