Helping Children Cope With Grief

First published in 1984. A common myth is that that young children (say around three years of age) do not understand death or give the death of friend pet brother sister parent grandparent other relative or give it a Raggedy-Ann doll meaning. However research has indicated that they do. If it is difficult for us to think about our death it is the author’s hypothesis that to think of the death of our children is an even greater difficulty. We dread the thought of our children suffering pain dying and death. Similarly the thought of our children suffering grief is difficult for us to comprehend. Helping Children Cope With Grief is more universal to more than the area of grief and is a valuable tool for parents teachers and counselors when their goal is to develop happier more loving children.