It's Okay to Cry
A Parent's Guide to Helping Children Through the Losses of Life
1st Edition
Published on 19. October 2011
224 pages
978-0-307-55206-8 (ISBN)
Description
Help Your Child Heal From Life's Losses
A favorite toy breaks . . . . A pet dies . . .
It's Okay to Cry.
Parents divorce and you're forced to move . . .
It's Okay to Cry.
A best friend is hurt badly . . . . A grandparent dies . . .
It's Okay to Cry.
Look through the eyes of a child again. When something unexpected, disappointing, or traumatic occurs, children feel a very real sense of loss. They may respond with fear or with anger. Most likely they are confused. They have questions they want answered. They need help from their parents or others who care to understand and process their grief.
It's Okay to Cry offers practical help for parents. It explains the symptoms of loss and unresolved grief so that parents can recognize them and walk alongside their children on the path to recovery.
Well-known and respected author H. Norman Wright speaks to parents with sympathy and reassurance. He recognizes that most parents don't know how to teach their children to process loss, because often they weren't taught themselves. His sage advice will give you and your child the comfort and hope you seek.
A favorite toy breaks . . . . A pet dies . . .
It's Okay to Cry.
Parents divorce and you're forced to move . . .
It's Okay to Cry.
A best friend is hurt badly . . . . A grandparent dies . . .
It's Okay to Cry.
Look through the eyes of a child again. When something unexpected, disappointing, or traumatic occurs, children feel a very real sense of loss. They may respond with fear or with anger. Most likely they are confused. They have questions they want answered. They need help from their parents or others who care to understand and process their grief.
It's Okay to Cry offers practical help for parents. It explains the symptoms of loss and unresolved grief so that parents can recognize them and walk alongside their children on the path to recovery.
Well-known and respected author H. Norman Wright speaks to parents with sympathy and reassurance. He recognizes that most parents don't know how to teach their children to process loss, because often they weren't taught themselves. His sage advice will give you and your child the comfort and hope you seek.
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It's Okay to Cry (Workbook)
A Parent's Guide to Helping Children Through the Losses of Life
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H. Norman Wright is a licensed marriage, family, and child therapist and a certified trauma specialist. In private counseling practice for over 30 years, Dr. Wright has also authored more than 70 books.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction: When Loss Comes Calling
- Part I: Knowing the Nature of Loss
- 1. Looking Loss in the Eye
- 2. Face the Hurt or Try to Protect?
- 3. Don't Overlook These Two!
- 4. Sickness . and All Its Big Questions
- Part II: Seeing the Whole-Family Dynamic
- 5. In the Family "Machine"-Each Part Affected!
- 6. The Grieving Family: Roles, Rules, and Responses
- 7. It's Different for Them: A Look at Age Differences
- Part III: Helping Your Children to Grieve
- 8. Think Their Thoughts
- 9. Feel Their Feelings Too
- 10. Help Them Get Unstuck
- Part IV: Supporting Your Children in Special Circumstances
- 11. Depression: When Feelings Get "Stuffed"
- 12. Divorce: A Never-Ending Grief
- 13. Trauma: It Shouldn't Happen to a Child
- Appendix A: Remembering Grandparents
- Appendix B: Helping Children Tell Their Traumatic Story..
- Appendix C: Helpful Resources
- Notes
- About the Author
