Your Grieving Child: Answers to Questions on Death and Dying

One of the most difficult, yet necessary, topics to discuss with children, is death and dying. For parents, trying to form cohesive thoughts may be a challenge. In a simple question-and-answer format, Bill Dodds provides parents with answers to over one hundred questions that children ages 3-8 may ask about this emotional topic. He gives parents advice on adapting their answers to best meet the needs of their child as well as provide a list of additional resources that parents may find useful. Chapter titles include: The Big Questions; What Comes Next; A Child’s Own Reaction; and funerals and cemeteries.

Author Biography: Author Bill Dodds is a regular columnist for Columbia magazine. His articles have appeared in Catholic Parent® and New Covenant magazines. He is the author of The Joy of Marriage as well as Our Sunday Visitor’s Caring for Your Aging Parent.