Helping Children Cope with Grief

12/01/2016

Helping Children Cope with Grief

Children everywhere… play to have fun, not deliberately to educate themselves, but education is the side effect for which the strong drive to play evolved.
Peter Gray, Pscyhologist

In an August 29, 2016 Time article, Elegy With a Side of Applesauce, Sarah Begley ponders questions about helping children cope with the death of a loved one.

"How much can they understand about permanence? What should they be told about the possibility of an afterlife? How will they move on?"

Begley recommends a new children’s book, Applesauce Weather by Helen Frost, as an aid to parents and caregivers trying to address these issues. She describes the book’s value this way: "It presents a continuity between generations, showing kids how to value a life well lived, even as they anticipate the one about to unfold in front of them. That makes this pleasantly old-fashioned book an appealing resource for grieving kids and parents alike."

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