Review:
"This humane and perceptive book takes up a subject most people try to avoid: how to talk about death, especially with children. Drawing on a rich collection of life stories from parents and children, Phyllis Silverman uses a relational lens to explore the experience of death as human loss and a process of potential growth. Students and their teachers, as well as health care workers, counselors, and therapists will find this book an important reference for their own personal and professional development."―Nona Lyons, Dartmouth College
"Phyllis Silverman has masterfully shared the real life stories of children and adults who have grieved. In the context of both the historical and research background she has created a communication that will be helpful for those who experience the death of another person on a personal level and for those who work with the bereaved. I highly recommend this book."―Dr. Ida M. Martinson, University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing
"Weaving together scholarly research, relevant historical perspective, and the insights of the real experts bereaved children and parentsSilverman has written an incisive, thoughtful, compassionate work that challenges many long-standing and erroneous beliefs about how children grieve, and how they heal."―Donna L. Schuurman, The Dougy Center for Grieving Children, Portland Oregon
Synopsis:
In spite of society's wish to protect and insulate children from death, the experience of loss is unavoidable and there is surprisingly little guidance on how to help children cope with grief and bereavement. This work brings together diverse fields of study, offering a practical as well as multifaceted theoretical approach to how children cope with death. Using stories of children's own experiences supported by data from a large research study, the author explains the wide range of effects of loss upon children and the challenges they face as they grieve. Silverman presents grief as a normal part of the life cycle which results not only in pain and sadness but also in change and growth. She further explains that children can and do cope effectively with loss and the changes it brings as long as they are taught to understand that death is a part of life and that they will be included appropriately in the family drama.
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