Description: The first--and definitive--guide for adults to help children deal with death, divorce, pet loss, moving, and other losses offers advice to parents in creating emotional safety and spells out specific actions to help children successfully move forward.
Brief description:
John W. James and Russell Friedman have been working with grievers for more than thirty years. They have served as consultants to thousands of bereavement professionals and provide Grief Recovery(R) Seminars and Certification Programs throughout the United States and Canada. They are the founders of the Grief Recovery Institute(R).
Review Quotes:
"In my 25 years of training family therapists, I have never seen a more useful tool for helping children deal with loss." - Edwin S. Cox, Ph.D., President Emeritus, Phillips Graduate Institute
"Once in a generation, a book comes along that alters the way society views a topic. When Children Grieve is an essential primer for parents and others who interact with children on a regular basis." - Bernard McGrane, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Chapman University and U.C. Irvine
"There isn't anyone in life who hasn't experienced some kind of loss. It's comforting to know that we are not alone in our sadness and that practical, easy-to-read, thoughtful help is available by way of Russell Friedman, John James, and Leslie Landon Matthews' gentle insights on the pages of When Children Grieve. Thank you, Neighbors, for your obvious care." - Fred Rogers, Producer/Host Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Honorary Chairman of The Caring Place (a center for grieving children, adolescents, and their families).
"There isn't anyone in life who hasn't experience some kind of loss. It's comforting to know that we are not alone in our sadness and that practical, easy-to-read, thoughtful help is available by way of Russell Friedman, John W. James, and Leslie Landon Matthews' gentle insights on the pages of When Children Grieve. Thank you, Neighbors, for your obvious care." - Fred Rogers, Producer/Host Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Honorary Chairman of The Caring Place (a center for grieving children, adolescents, and their families).