Keys to Helping Children Deal with Death and Grief

This essential guide provides parents and caregivers with practical strategies for discussing death and grief with children in age-appropriate ways. Joy Johnson offers clear, compassionate advice on explaining the concept of death using language children can understand, while addressing the emotional process of grieving. The book thoughtfully breaks down the complex experience of loss into manageable sections that help adults navigate these difficult conversations. It serves as a reliable resource for explaining bereavement to young minds who are encountering mortality for the first time.

What sets this work apart is its dual focus on both the intellectual understanding of death and the emotional journey of grief, providing tools to help children process their feelings healthily. Parents facing the immediate need to discuss a recent loss will find particularly valuable guidance here, as will anyone supporting a child through the mourning process. The advice remains grounded in real-world situations that families actually encounter during times of bereavement. Johnson's approach ultimately empowers adults to provide the stable, understanding presence that grieving children need most.