Keys to Helping Children Deal with Death and Grief Book

Barron's extensive series of Parenting Keys books present advice and information from a wide array of experts in the fields of child psychology, physical health, education, and social and personal development. These informative volumes are focused to help parents raise healthy, productive, and emotionally well adjusted children in the demanding contemporary environment.

An experienced bereavement specialist tells parents how to explain the concept of death in ways that will be understandable to children. She helps parents anticipate children's responses and needs, shows how to cope with funeral rites in meaningful ways, and points out the importance of incorporating the loss into a positive sense of personal memories. She examines the natural process of grief that every bereaved person-both child and adult-passes through.

"An experienced bereavement specialist tells parents how to explain the concept of death to children...helps parents to anticipate children's responses and needs and points out the importance of incorporating loss into positive memories."