Guiding Your Child Through Grief

This compassionate guide offers parents practical strategies and emotional support for helping children navigate the profound loss of a parent or sibling. Drawing from the authors' extensive experience running The Cove program for grieving children, the book transforms uncertainty into actionable steps that address a child's unique mourning process. It provides concrete ways to discuss death at different developmental stages while validating the complex emotions children experience. Parents will find this an essential resource for creating a safe space where grief can be expressed and healing can begin.

What distinguishes this guide is its foundation in real-world experience supporting countless families through the New England Center for Loss & Transition. The advice feels both authoritative and deeply human, offering specific language and activities that help children process their feelings when words fail them. This book will particularly benefit parents who feel overwhelmed by their dual role as grieving individual and supportive caregiver, providing the tools to honor their own grief while remaining emotionally available to their child. It transforms the daunting task of guiding a child through loss into a manageable journey of shared healing.