Talking about Death: A Dialogue between Parent and Child [Paperback]

Why do people die? How do you explain the loss of a loved one to a child? This book is a compassionate guide for adults and children to read together, featuring a read-along story and answers to questions children ask about death.

Talking about Deathis a classic guide for parents helping their children through the death of a loved one. With a helpful list of dos and don'ts, an illustrated read-along dialogue, and a guide to explaining death, Grollman provides sensitive and timely advice for families coping with loss. This redesigned and updated edition explains what children at different developmental stages can and can't understand about death; reveals why it's crucial to be honest about death; helps you understand the way children express emotions like denial, grief, crying, anger, and guilt; and discusses children's reactions to different kinds of death, from the death of a parent to the death of a pet.

Highly recommended. --Parents Magazine

No one does a better job of helping us help the stricken adult or child to cope with grief. --Harold S. Kushner, author ofWhen Bad Things Happen to Good People

Like having a talk with a wise, caring friend. --Dr. Bernie S. Siegel, author ofLove, Medicine and Miracles

Earl Grollman makes a wonderful difference in this world. --Fred Rogers,Mister Rogers' NeighborhoodDr. Earl A. Grollman, a pioneer in the field of crisis intervention, was rabbi of the Beth El Temple Center in Belmont, Massachusetts, for thirty-six years. A certified death educator and counselor, he was cited as Hero of The Heartland for his work with the families and volunteers of the Oklahoma City bombing. Dr. Grollman has spoken at many colleges, clergy institutes, seminaries, physicians' forums, and hospital nursing associations, and has addressed many support groups, such as Compassionate Friends, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and Widows Personal Services. He has also appeared on nl³