Parenting a Grieving Child
Helping Children Find Faith, Hope and Healing after the Loss of a Loved One
by Mary DeTurris Poust
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Pub Date Aug 01 2015 | Archive Date Dec 20 2016
Description
Hope, help, and healing for grieving children.
My grandfather's death was a mystery to me. One day he was there...the next day he was gone. All I knew was that now when I knelt down to say my prayers before bed, I asked God to bless Grandpa in heaven. But heaven can be a pretty hard concept to grasp, especially when you are five years old. I didn't know where heaven was or what it meant to go there.
In this practical, faith-based guide for parents of grieving children, DeTurris Poust seeks to help parents deal with the mystery and confusion surrounding death and grief. Threough the wisdom of seasoned parents and advice from professionals, DeTurris Poust offers strategies for leading children successfully through the grieveing process toward healing and happiness.
Advance Praise
"One of the most informative working tools for parents who are struggling to help their child cope with grief. I highly recommend it as a practical 'how-to' guide for bereaved families as well as professionals working in this field."
-Susan P. Cox, Executive Director, For the Love of Christi, Inc.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780829442564 |
| PRICE | $12.95 (USD) |
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pamula f, Reviewer
A good resource for helping a child to understand their grief during the loss of a friend or relative.
Stacey C, Reviewer
Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this practical guide to helping a child with their grief. As a bereavement counsellor I found this to be a useful and informative guide for aiding a child with their grief and loss.
This step by step guide outlines information on grief in a format that would be useful for both parents and professionals working with children. She begins by explaining that in a world where most of us are willing to share a host of personal things we are still, as a society, reluctant to discuss death and our feelings surrounding it. The first chapter begins by encouraging the reader to think about his or her own experiences of and views on grief. The book then goes on to provide useful guides on how to talk to children about grief, ‘normal’ reactions to death and sections on school shooting and also social media. Personally I found the religious aspects throughout the book a bit off-putting but regardless of your faith the activities within the book are useful.
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