Linda Goldman

Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Death: What Children Need to Know

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Death is never an easy subject for discussion and adults often struggle to find the right words when talking about it with children. This book explores children's thoughts and feelings on the subject of death and provides parents and other caring adults with guidance on how to respond to difficult questions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 148g
• ISBN-13: 9781849058056
• ISBN-10: 1849058059
• Artikelnr.: 25949203

Autorenporträt

Linda Goldman is a licensed counsellor and has a Fellow in Thanantology: Death, Dying, and Bereavement with an MS degree in counselling and Master's Equivalency in early childhood education. Linda worked as a teacher and counsellor in the school system for 20 years. She has written many articles on counselling and taught and lectured at various universities, most recently in the Graduate Program of Counselling at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Linda has a private grief therapy practice in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where she now lives. She is author of Children also Grieve: Talking about Death and Healing (Jessica Kingsley Publishers).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 1. Why did my mommy have to die? 2. What does dead mean? How do
people die? 3. Where was God when I needed him? How could God let my
brother die?. 4. Where is my person? What is heaven? 5. Is my mom dying?
What can I do? 6. I am very sick. Who can I talk to about dying? 7. I worry
a lot. Will I die or will you die? 8. Will I forget my dad? What if I
forget him? How can I remember? 9. Is it my fault my mother died? Did she
suffer?10. How do other kids grieve? Sometimes I feel alone. 11. I'm scared
too. What can I do to feel safe? 12. How can I remember with friends and
family? Can I go to the funeral too? A final note. A Checklist for
Children. For caring adults. Useful Websites and Children's Resources.