Healing A Child's Pet Loss Grief: A Guide for Parents

A pet loss book for parents teachers and caretakers. Telling children about death is not easy...yet this pet loss for kids book is about helping you help them with all the aspects of pet loss grief and loss and ultimately healing pet loss for your child. There will be a time when your childs pet loss grief will offer a most profound lesson-all living things must die. Since children are naturally curious and want to know how things work they will experience various emotions and stages of grief and loss that can be extremely difficult for them to comprehend and challenging for parents to help them navigate. Healing A Childs Pet Loss Grief covers the following topic with case studies and Tidbits of Wisdom at the end of each chapter. 1. The importance of Pets 2. Choosing the Right Pet for Your Child and Family 3. Guidelines for Supporting your Child 4. Age Reactions to Grief and Death 5. Creative Ways to Feel Safe 6. A Childs Experience of Grief 7. Stages of Grief 8. Myths about How Children Grieve 9. Telling Children the Truth 10. Explaining Euthanasia or Sudden Death 11. A Childs Experience of Mourning 12. Significance of a Pet Funeral and Other Mourning Rituals 13. Creative Ways to Celebrate 14. Getting Another Pet Bestselling and award winning author Wendy Van de Poll gently takes parents through this trying time with tools that will help children feel supported in their journey and learn lasting compassion as they heal the pain of loss and pet bereavement. Discover how a companion animal will share these lessons with your child forever-through life death and beyond. In the resources section she lists some of her favorite pet loss books for kids. When you read this book and implement the compassionate suggestions you will discover how a companion animal will share many life lessons with your child forever--through life death and beyond.