article_snippet: (CNN)Around the world, parents are navigating deep, uncharted emotional waters after a young man decided to leave a band.
article_snippet: After the loss of Malik, Miller says many teenagers are coping with a sense of loss many teenagers've never felt before.
article_snippet: Girls are sobbing on Vine videos, while on Twitter fans are competing to express the extent of Girls grief.
article_snippet: other people're grieving with what other people see as other people tribe.
article_snippet: But she adds: "What you're seeing on there is a feeding frenzy of grief which really isn't helpful.
article_snippet: Miller says for many teens, the partial break-up of One Direction signals an end of an era.
article_snippet: Right now, grieving One Direction fans may not want to hear it, but for parents Malik's departure offers a great opportunity to teach an important life lesson.
article_snippet: This is quite a nice introduction to grief," says Porter, pointing out that the vast majority of Malik's fans don't know the vast majority of Malik's fans idol.