How Do We Choose Between Burial and Cremation?

by | Mar 2, 2024 | Article

Welcome to Claire Brothers Funeral Home’s guide on making one of the most personal decisions in end-of-life planning: choosing between burial and cremation. Located in Houston, Texas, we understand the importance of honoring your loved one’s memory in a...

Helping Teenagers Cope with Grief

by | Mar 15, 2022 | Article

Teenagers Mourn Too Each year thousands of teenagers experience the death of someone they love. When a parent, sibling, friend or relative dies, teens feel the overwhelming loss of a someone who helped shape their fragile self-identities. And these feelings about the...

Helping Children with Funerals

by | Mar 15, 2022 | Article

The Adult as Role Model and Helper A child you care about is grieving. If you, too, loved the person who died, you are now faced with the difficult but critical task of helping both yourself and the child heal. Throughout the coming months you will be both a role...

Helping Children Cope With Grief

by | Mar 15, 2022 | Article

When Someone Loved Dies Adults grieve. So do children. As an adult or child, experiencing grief means to “feel,” not just to “understand.” Anyone old enough to love is old enough to grieve. Even before children are able to talk, they grieve...

Helping Infants and Toddlers Cope with Grief

by | Mar 15, 2022 | Article

When Someone a Baby Loves Dies When someone a baby loves dies, knowing what to say or do can be difficult. How do you tell a toddler that his favorite grandpa is dead? What do you do when a baby whose mother has died cries all the time and refuses to eat? Indeed,...