Description: In spite of society's wish to protect and insulate children from death, the experience of loss is unavoidable and there is surprisingly litt le guidance on how to help children cope with grief and bereavement. N ever Too Young to Know: Death in Children's Lives is the first book to bring together diverse fields of study and offer a multifaceted theor etical approach to how children experience death. Using stories of chi ldren's own experiences supported by data from a large research study, Silverman explains the wide reange of effects of loss upon children, the challenges they face as they grieve, and ways of supporting them a s they change and grow in the bereavement process.
Review Quotes: "The title does not do it justice. [Never too Young to Know: Death in Children's Lives] is far more than the subtitle suggests. ... Silverman has done well to distil the breadth of research covered by this text ... there is great skill in being able to extract the essence of a field and place it in a larger framework. ... It is above all else a book where children are given center stage."--Death Studies