1st Edition

Helping Children Cope With Grief

By Alan Wolfelt Copyright 1983
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1984. A common myth is that that young children (say around three years of age) do not understand death or give the death of friend, pet, brother, sister, parent, grandparent, other relative, or give it a Raggedy-Ann doll meaning. However, research has indicated that they do. If it is difficult for us to think about our death, it is the author’s hypothesis that to think of the... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Creating a Caring Relationship; Chapter 3 Children’s Understanding and Response to Death; Chapter 4 Caregiving Aspects of Helping the Grieving Child; Chapter 5 Preparing to Help Others Help Children; Chapter 6 Questions and Answers; Chapter 7 Children and Grief;

Biography

Wolfelt, Alan