Grief & Bereavement, Counseling 

In the painful, confusing time following a death, the problem of what and how to tell the children is one of the most difficult a parent can face. In this important parenting guide, author Dan Schaefer shares his 25 years of experience helping parents communicate with their children. HOW DO WE TELL THE CHILDREN? provides the straightforward, uncomplicated language that will explain the facts of death to children from 2 years old to teenagers, and shows how to help children cope with their feelings of grief, fear, and loss. Its commonsense approach is based on years of observation and conversations with thousands of parents and their toddlers, preschoolers, young children, and adolescents, and it includes insights from numerous psychologists, psychiatrists, educators, and clergy. A unique feature of the book is a Crisis Section that gives parents quick reference to key pieces of information, as well as answers to questions about special situations such as accidents, suicide, and sudden infant death. Most important, Dan Schaefer shows how children can be included in the "support network" that forms around families after a death, thus laying the foundation for the healing process to begin. - from Amzon