grief in children

Uses child-friendly language and illustrations to explain what cancer is, the terminology surrounding its treatment, and the potential consequences of the disease, and explains the healthy emotional reactions children may have when someone in their life has cancer.

Examines the mourning process in school-age children who have lost a parent to death, based on the results of the Harvard Child Bereavement Study; compares children who have suffered the death of a parent to those faced with other types of loss; and looks at ways to help bereaved children.

A guide to helping children grieve that explains several myths, gives practical advice to parents, and covers various causes of grief in addition to death, including divorce and the loss of a pet.

Describes the overwhelming emotions involved in dealing with the death of a loved one and discusses how to cope with such a situation.

Offers information and practical advice on how to help children from infancy through age eighteen handle the loss of a loved one, including strategies for each stage of the grieving process.

Examines, in simple text, how to deal with feelings of grief when people or pets die, or when friends move away.

Provides support and practical guidance for teenagers grieving the death of a friend, discussing the variety of feelings the experience can produce and how to handle them, whether it is wrong to have fun, what to do if friends start acting strangely, and how to find a counselor or therapist, and includes comments from teens and a directory of further resources.

Discusses what may happen when a family member becomes terminally ill and how to cope with this situation.

Gives practical advice for teens who have experienced the death of a friend.

Explains how to talk to children about loss, focusing on how children are affected by death, disablity, and divorce, how children handle the four stages of mourning, how they react to wakes and funerals, and other related topics.