A Parent's Guide to Raising Grieving Children: Rebuilding Your Family after the Death of a Loved One - Softcover

Silverman, Phyllis R.; Kelly, Madelyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195328841 ISBN 13: 9780195328844

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This deeply sympathetic book offer wise guidance on virtually every aspect of childhood loss, from living with someone who's dying to preparing the funeral; from explaining death to a two year old to managing the moods of a grieving teenager; from dealing with people who don't understand to learning how and where to get help from friends, therapists, and bereavement groups. Throughout, the authors advocate an open, honest approach, suggesting that our instinctive desire to "protect" children from the reality of death may be more harmful than helpful.

About this title

About the Author

Phyllis R. Silverman has received many awards for her work and is recognized internationally as a leader in the field of bereavement. The co-principal investigator of the pioneering Harvard Child Bereavement Study, her books include Widow to Widow: How the Bereaved Help Each Other and Never Too Young to Know: Death in Children's Lives.
Madelyn Kelly is a writer and former television news producer, and the mother of two sons. Her husband, the writer/columnist/editor Michael Kelly, was the first American journalist to be killed in the Iraq war, in 2003. She edited a compilation of his work, Things Worth Fighting For: Collected Writing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195328841
• ISBN 13: 9780195328844
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272