Keys to Helping Children Deal with Death & Grief

If you are reading this book, it's not unlikely you picked it up randomly at a major bookstore. You have a need for it. Whether you are a teacher, researcher, parent, or loved family member or friend, you want to know more about how to help, support and guide children though grief. Reading about grief can be valuable. Hearing the children's stories and how their families responded reaches us at the heart level. Throughout these pages, I'd like to share what I've learned over 25 years of working with grieving children and families, writing books for them and, with my husband, Dr. Marv Johnson, presenting workshops for caregivers and families called Children Grieve, Too. If you are reading this because someone you love is dying or has just died, then read Parts Two, Five, and Ten first. Then sit with me. Have a good cup of coffee or flavored herb tea and learn about children and grief through the stories they have told us, the experiences they have lived, and the rich lessons they can teach.