A parent's guide to raising grieving children
Subtitle: rebuilding your family after the death of a loved one
By: Phyllis R. Silverman and Madelyn Kelly.
Contributors: Kelly, Madelyn.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780195328844
Subjects: Grief in children; Bereavement in children; Parenting; Child rearing
Table of contents: title: Road map for a long journey; title: You don't have to do this alone; title: Why we wrote this book; title: How to read this book; title: Some words of advice; title: What death means to children; title: Preschool age children : a limited concept of death; title: Elementary school age children : a growing understanding of death; title: The teenage years : a fuller comprehension; title: Someone i love is dying; title: Getting bad news; title: How to get help; title: My spouse is dying : anticipating living as a single parent; title: My child is dying : anticipating an altered family; title: Someone I love has died; title: The finality of death : the door is closed; title: Hhow children react; title: Staggering through; title: Making decisions; title: Rites and rituals; title: Death of a parent : a world upside down; title: Redesigning the role of parent; title: Going back to school; title: Felings, and what to do with them; title: Falling apart, and coming together; title: Be patient with yourself and with your children; title: After a child's death : a family disrupted; title: The parent's view : coping with your own loss; title: Two parents, and at least two ways of grieving; title: Other people do not always help; title: Parenting your other children; title: The child's view : what it means to lose a sibling; title: How children respond; title: Friends and bullies; title: Collapse of their world : a lost way of life; title: The lost world; title: A new outlook, for you and your children; title: Invisible mourners : the death of a friend; title: Death and funerals; title: Trying to make sense of it all; title: Constructing a relationship with the person who died; title: Help of all kinds; title: The early period after the death; title: Finding help at school; title: Help with financial and legal issues; title: Tme moves forward, but help is still needed; title: Individual counseling for children and adults; title: Bereavement groups for children and adults; title: Not all help is helpful; title: A reordered universe; title: Continuing bonds; title: What happens after death : faith, dreams, visions, and visits; title: Connections over time; title: Looking back; looking ahead; title: The new world; title: Dating and remarriage; title: The child's path.