| Abstract: |
Reviews the book, Children Also Grieve: Talking about Death and Bereavement by Linda Goldman (2006). This book is organized into four distinct but related sections. The first section is an interactive story for children about a Chinese family that has experienced the death of their grandfather. The second section is a memory book. Here children are prompted with open-ended questions to write or draw about their family and the person who died. These suggested activities are followed by a third, very brief section of grief-related terms with accompanying age-appropriate definitions. In the fourth and final section, the caregiver becomes the audience as the author offers education and guidance on how to understand and support the grieving child. The authors set out to bring us a comprehensive, practical, well-crafted book to help children heal after a death. Caring adults who take the time and effort to engage with children around this rich tool will no doubt be rewarded as they learn how children grieve and how to communicate with and support grieving children in their lives. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved). |
