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The Grief of our Children
By Dianne McKissock
Note: Currently Out
of Print until further notice
When children grieve, their pain, curiosity and directness
can force a confrontation of reality that we may prefer
to deny. How can we provide answers to questions that
we ourselves dare not formulate? How can we provide
reassurance that everything will be all right when we
are not sure of our own ability to survive? How can
we comfort when we feel comfortless and bereft of emotional
resources?
We may have much to learn about children's
grief but there are many things we do know. This unique,
practical book explores the grief of children of all ages
and highlights specific aspects of grief at each stage
of psychosocial development. It provides useful suggestions,
which empower grieving children, and provides hope, understanding
and support for those who care for them. |
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The youngest of children grieve the loss of anyone or anything
that is important to them. Their grief is not very different from
the grief we experience as adults and if they are loved supported
and allowed to grieve in a safe environment in their own way,
they, like us can survive what seems unsurvivable.
Dianne McKissock is one of Australia's leading clinicians, in
the field of death, dying and bereavement. Dianne and her husband
Mal, are co-directors of the first Centre for childhood grief
in Australia. They are also co-authors of the best-selling Coping
With Grief.
The Grief of Our Children has four sections and features straightforward
advice, case studies, suggestions for further reading, counselling,
and points to related services available throughout Australia.
Section 1
Understanding the Grief of Young Children
- Learning about Death, Dying and Bereavement* Grief Responses
at Different Stages of Psycho-Social Development - ages 2 to
4, 4 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to18
- Children's Most Common Fears About Death
- Risk Factors in Childhood Bereavement
- The Needs of Bereaved Children of All Ages
- Preventing Future Problems
- Strategies that Can Help a Grieving Child
- What if the Grieving Child Has a Developmental Disability
- Stigmatised Death, Traumatic Death
- Is Grief Worse if the Death is from Suicide?
- How Do Children React to Specific Losses?
- Grief Associated with a Child's Own Impending Death
Section 2 The Grief of Adult
Children
- When a Parent Dies
- What are the Risk Factors?
- What is Normal Grief?
- What are the Needs of Most Bereaved Children
- When a Parent Still lives but Their Mind is Dying?
- What is Grief Work, or the Process of Grief?
- What Practical Steps Can We Take To Facilitate Our Own Grief
Process?
- Community Resources for Bereaved Adults
Section 3 From a Parent's
Perspective: Parents and Children in Turmoil
- The Grief of Families
- The Death of a Child for Parents and Siblings
- Difficulties in Caring for Grieving Children
- Children's Grief When a Parent is Dying
- When a Child is Dying
- Grandparents
- Complex Family Situations
- Community Resources for Bereaved Families
Section 4 Living with Grief:
Some Practical Guidelines
- Important Reminders: Self-Care for Grieving Adults
- The Needs of Bereaved Children
- Dealing With Anger
- Dealing With Sadness
- Dealing With Fear
- Dealing with Regression
- Potential Effects of Parental Behaviour
- Survival Strategies that Can Later Become a Problem
- Sexuality in Bereaved Families
- Special Anniversaries and Celebrations
- How To Make a Memory Book
- How To Make a Memory Box
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