Dr. William Kroen offers sound advice, comfort and compassion to any adult helping a child cope with death. Weaving in anecdotes about real children and their families, he explains how children from infancy through age 18 perceive and react to death and offers suggestions for how to respond to children at different ages and stages. Specific strategies are offered to guide and support them through the grieving process.
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"For tongue-tied parents, as well as teachers, counselors and other adults who have a lot of contact with children, this slim, well-written and at times surprisingly moving book can help."—The Washington Post
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William C. Kroen received his M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology from Boston State College and his Ph.D. from Boston College. A licensed psychotherapist, he has authored many books and articles on parenting and psychology. Since 1971, he has been a teacher, adjustment counselor, and mediation specialist for the Cambridge, Massachusetts, public schools, where he provides counseling and therapy for children in crisis and those with emotional or behavioral problems.
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Bill Kroen is a licensed psychotherapist and an instructor on the Callaway professional staff. In addition to his Golf Tip-a-Day Calendar, he also wrote Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a Loved One: A Source for Grown-ups, which won a Parents' Choice Award. He has published more than 250 articles in major journals in the areas of parenting, child psychology, education, and golf. He turned professional in 1986 and has taught golf at facilities throughout the U.S. He lives in Belmont, Massachusetts.
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
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Every parent, educator and concerned adult should read this book even if they are not currently helping a child through the loss of a loved one. Parents often spend a great deal of time reading about child development but they should not deglect another important part of development -- learning and dealing with death. This book was extremely valuable with helping me help my children deal with the death of their Grandfather.
29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
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Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a loved one, gives practical hands-on advice on how to help children from infants to 18 through the grieving process. Dr. Kroen explains how children at all ages and stages perceive and react to death. This book has recently won the 1996 Parent's Choice Award for excellence
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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My brother recently died suddenly, leaving behind a daughter nearly two years old. This book helped us understand what she is going through and also what to expect in the coming months. It is very good at explaining that children mourn in an entirely different way than adults do, so that behaviors that seem contradictory or heartless are actually not that at all. It also helped us know what to tell her and how to do it.
I highly recommend it, especially for children that are a bit too young for art therapy, but old enough to understand that something is wrong.
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This book was a great resource. I recently lost my mother and my young nephew has been having a really hard time with losing his grandmother. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Kaitlyn
Great book, even if you aren't dealing with a death yet...
Children eventually learn about death, whether it's a grandparent, pet, or someone else that is no longer alive. Read more
Published on August 16, 2008 by mamabird
School Counselor
This is an easy-to-read book that discusses the basic skills of helping children grieve. It is also a nice resource to give parents of grieving children because it isn't as long... Read more
Published on March 25, 2007 by K. Alverson
Good review of basic strategies
A very good review of the basic strategies that have proven to really help adults and children under these circumstances. Read more
Published on January 20, 2006 by BG
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IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW and love has just died-a spouse, a parent, a child, a friend-you may not have either the time or the energy to read an entire book. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW and love has just died-a spouse, a parent, a child, a friend-you may not have either the time or the energy to read an entire book. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Saddest Time (An Albert Whitman Prairie Book) by Norma Simon on page 95
- Seven Choices: Finding Daylight after Loss Shatters Your World by Elizabeth Harper Neeld on page 95
- The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: 20th Aniversary Edition by Leo Buscaglia on page 94
- Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume on page 94
- Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie dePaola on page 94
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- How To Say It (R) To Girls: Communicating with Your Growing Daughter by Nancy Gruver on page 84
- Weaving Faith and Family...When You Are Hanging On By a Thread by Eileen Marx on page 180
- Shelter From The Storm: Caring For A Child With A Life-threatening Condition by Joanne Hilden in Back Matter
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