For Adults to Help Children Deal with Death, Divorce, Pet Loss, Moving, and Other Losses, by
John W. James and Russell Friedman with Dr. Leslie Landon Matthews.
Overview:
To watch a child grieve and not know what to do is a profoundly difficult experience for parents, teachers, and caregivers. Yet, there are guidelines for helping children develop a lifelong healthy response to loss.
In When Children Grieve, the authors offer a cutting-edge volume to free children from the false idea of “not feeling bad” and to empower them with positive, effective methods of dealing with loss.
There are many life experiences that can produce feelings of grief in a child, from the death of a relative or a divorce in the family to more everyday experiences such as moving to a new neighborhood or losing a prized possession. No matter the reason or degree of severity, if a child you love is grieving, the guidelines examined in this thoughtful book can make a difference.
Biography:
Author John W. James wrote The Grief Recovery Handbook after the death of his newborn son in 1977. He established The Grief Recovery Institute® in 1986 with co-founder Russell Friedman.
