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Children and teens who experience the death of a parent are never the same. Only in the last decade have counselors acknowledged that children grieve too, and that unresolved issues can negatively impact children into adulthood. Unaddressed grief can lead to depression, substance abuse, and relationship difficulties. For at least three generations of adults, these issues have been largely ignored. Having worked with thousands of families as Executive...

When Mia's best friend Violet gets sick and does not recover, Mia works through the stages of grief like the colors of the rainbow. Includes a note for parents, teachers, and caregivers.

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...

"The death of a friend is a wrenching event for anyone at any age and can spark feelings that range from sadness to guilt to anxiety. Teenagers especially need help coping with grief and loss. This sensitive book answers questions grieving teens often have, like "How should I be acting?" "How long will this last?" and "What if I can't handle my grief on my own?" The book also addresses the complicated emotions that can accompany the death of an acquaintance,...

"This book aims to normalize the topic of death by discussing what it means and how it feels to experience loss. It centers around several questions that arise about grief and [offers] honest, simple ways to answer them"-- Provided by publisher.

Workbook helps children deal with their feelings about death.

Khris Ford, founder of My Healing Place, and Paula D'Arcy, a trained psychotherapist, address the topic of childhood grief, covering: the differences between how adults and children grieve, how a parent can help a child grieve while they themselves are grieving, and how to tell the truth about death to children.

"The ABCs of Grief: Emotions & Feelings is a children's book that walks through each letter of the alphabet to unpack a range of nuanced feelings that can arise while grieving"--Amazon.com.