Healing Your Grieving Heart for Kids: 100 Practical Ideas
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Healing Your Grieving Heart for Kids - Alan D. Wolfelt
Also by Alan Wolfelt:
A Child’s View of Grief
Creating Meaningful Funeral Ceremonies:
A Guide for Families
Healing a Teen’s Grieving Heart:
100 Practical Ideas for Families, Friends and Caregivers
Healing the Bereaved Child: Grief Gardening, Growth
Through Grief and Other Touchstones for Caregivers
Healing Your Grieving Heart for Kids:
100 Practical Ideas
Healing Your Grieving Heart for Teens:
100 Practical Ideas
The Journey Through Grief: Reflections on Healing
Understanding Your Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones
For Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart
Companion Press is dedicated to the education and support of both the bereaved and bereavement caregivers.
We believe that those who companion the bereaved by walking with them as they journey in grief have a wondrous opportunity: to help others embrace and grow through grief—and to lead fuller, more deeply-lived lives themselves because of this important ministry.
For a complete catalog and ordering information, write or call:
Companion Press
The Center for Loss and Life Transition
3735 Broken Bow Road
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© 2001 by Alan D.Wolfelt, Ph.D.
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www.centerforloss.com
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Printed in the United States of America
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ISBN: 978-1-879651-27-2
Table of Contents
Also by Alan Wolfelt:
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
A NOTE TO PARENTS AND OTHER LOVING GROWN-UPS
Introduction
1. - Learn that grief and mourning are different.
2. - Take it easy on yourself.
3. - UNDERSTAND THE SIX NEEDS OF MOURNING Need 1. Accept the death.
4. - UNDERSTAND THE SIX NEEDS OF MOURNING Need 2. Let yourself feel sad.
5. - UNDERSTAND THE SIX NEEDS OF MOURNING Need 3. Remember the person who died.
6. - UNDERSTAND THE SIX NEEDS OF MOURNING Need 4. Accept that your life is different now.
7. - UNDERSTAND THE SIX NEEDS OF MOURNING Need 5. Think about why this happened.
8. - UNDERSTAND THE SIX NEEDS OF MOURNING Need 6. Let others help you, now and always.
9. - Let yourself feel numb.
10. - Let