Never Too Young to Know: Death in Children's Lives, (Hardcover)

In spite of society's wish to protect and insulate children from death, the experience of loss is unavoidable and there is surprisingly litt le guidance on how to help children cope with grief and bereavement. N ever Too Young to Know: Death in Children's Lives is the first book to bring together diverse fields of study and offer a multifaceted theor etical approach to how children experience death. Using stories of chi ldren's own experiences supported by data from a large research study, Silverman explains the wide reange of effects of loss upon children, the challenges they face as they grieve, and ways of supporting them a s they change and grow in the bereavement process.