Talking to your child about death, dying, and eternal life can be one of the most difficult things you'll ever do-if you're unprepared. How can you prepare yourself and your children for what should be not a onetime discussion but the beginning of a lifelong conversation?  
  
Children and Grief is a compassionate, understanding resource full of ideas to help you support your child through the questions, emotions, and struggles that death and loss inevitably bring. Author and grief recovery specialist Joey O'Connor teaches you how to  
  
\- explain the physical reality of death and terminal illness  
\- answer questions in specific, age-appropriate ways  
\- help your child grieve by supporting his or her unique emotions   
\- provide a sense of security amid disorienting events such as funerals  
  
In the midst of pain and grief, death can be an opportunity to share much about life, eternity, and God's love. Children and Grief will help you grab hold of the experience-tough as it is-with insight that will give you both confidence and peace of mind.

Joey O'Connor is the author of several books for couples, parents, and young adults. He has appeared on several television programs to educate parents about how to discuss life and death issues with their children, as well as dozens of national radio programs to help couples learn how to improve their relationships. Joey serves Coast Hills Community Church in the spiritual formation department and lives in San Clemente, California.

This is a book written for you and your children," explains Joey O'Connor. "It initiates a conversation on a difficult subject most people prefer to avoid. It is about people like you and me struggling to figure out what they really believe when the unbelievable has happened. And then wondering, 'What in the world am I going to say to my kids? How am I going to explain what just happened in our family and what I believe about the God who saw this whole thing happen?"  
  
Children and Grief offers parents a way to approach these tough questions with honesty, tenderness, and hope. O'Connor shows how to teach children to trust God, celebrate life, and have hope in the face of death.

A sensitive, compassionate book that helps parents teach their children the truth about death and dying.

O’Connor, Joey

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Can You Help Me Help My Son? Looking at Grief and Loss from a New Perspective

2. The Beginning of a Lifelong Conversation: Communicating Facts, Feelings, and Faith

3. What Can I Do? Helping Children, Loved Ones, and Yourself in the Grieving Process

4. The Facts about Death: The D-Word and What You Can Do about It

5. Grandpa Did Not Go Away on a Long Trip: Telling Your Child the Truth and Avoiding Religious Euphemisms

6. If You Weren’t Grieving, Something Would Really Be Wrong: Good Grief for Children

7. A Bridge of Hope: Building Heaven in Your Child’s Heart

8. Homeland Security: Dealing with Fears of Death, Terrorism, and War

9. Will There Be Different Colors in Heaven? Honest Questions from Inquisitive Kids

10. Mommy’s Very Sick: Living and Dying with a Terminal Illness

11. Nobody Gets Outta Here Alive: Talking with Your Teenager

12. Making Meaning, Making Memories: Celebrating Life with Children

Epilogue

Appendixes

Appendix A: Questions and Answers about the Funeral Process

Appendix B: Grief Resources

Notes

About the Author

This is a book written for you and your children," explains Joey O'Connor."It initiates a conversation on a difficult subject most people prefer to avoid. It is about people like you and me struggling to figure out what they really believe when the unbelievable has happened. And then wondering, 'What in the world am I going to say to my kids? How am I going to explain what just happened in our family and what I believe about the God who saw this whole thing happen?"  
  
Children and Grief offers parents a way to approach these tough questions with honesty, tenderness, and hope. O'Connor shows how to teach children to trust God, celebrate life, and have hope in the face of death.

Helps parents teach their children the truth about death and dying.

"This is a book written for you and your children," explains Joey O'Connor. "It initiates a conversation on a difficult subject most people prefer to avoid. It is about people like you and me struggling to figure out what they really believe when the unbelievable has happened. And then wondering, 'What in the world am I going to say to my kids? How am I going to explain what just happened in our family and what I believe about the God who saw this whole thing happen?" "Children and Grief" offers parents a way to approach these tough questions with honesty, tenderness, and hope. O'Connor shows how to teach children to trust God, celebrate life, and have hope in the face of death.

"This book is a great resource for teaching kids the truth about death and dying."

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