How Do We Tell the Children? : A Step-by-Step Guide for Helping Children Two to Teen Cope When Someone Dies

Schaefer, Dan / Lyons, Christine

ISBN 10: 1557041814 / ISBN 13: 9781557041814

Published by Newmarket Press, New York, 1993

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8vo 8" - 9" tall; 172 pages.

Seller Inventory # 243231

Bibliographic Details

• Title: How Do We Tell the Children? : A Step-by-Step Guide for Helping Children Two to Teen Cope When Someone Dies
• Publisher: Newmarket Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1557041814
• ISBN 13: 9781557041814
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+

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Synopsis

This compassionate, step-by-step guide to talking about death with children is updated with new material on AIDS, the loss of a companion animal, and talking about the mentally handicapped.

About the Author

Dan Schaefer, Ph.D., has served as a guest faculty member at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the graduate schools at New York, Adelphi, Hofstra, and Rutgers universities. He has consulted with both military and police survivors. For more than thirty years he managed a family-owned funeral home that served families for four generations. "How do we tell the children?" was the question most often asked by grieving parents. His invaluable past experience and current work as President of Peak Performance Strategies have contributed to this practical and wise new edition. He lives in Roslyn, NY.

Christine Lyons is a journalist in New York City.