How Children Grieve: What Adults Miss, and What They Can Do To Help: A Guide for Parents, Teachers, Therapists, and Caregivers to Help Children Deal with Death, Divorce, and Moving

by Corinne Masur

An informative and accessible guide to understanding childhood grief at every age, from renowned clinical psychologist Dr. Corinne Masur, this empathetic and thoughtful guide will help caretakers to support children mourning after loss.

Mourn, move forward, and make meaning of loss.

From Dr. Corinne Masur, an award-winning clinical psychologist specializing in grief counseling, comes a necessary and impactful guide to understanding childhood grief and guiding children through loss, from family deaths and lost pets to unexpected moves and personal disappointments. Dr. Masur uses her own childhood experience with loss to inform the empathetic yet clinically informed advice in this impactful guide.

When Dr. Masur was fourteen years old, her father died. Like most children facing loss, Masur didn’t know how to handle her grief, and was never encouraged to acknowledge or share what she was feeling with her caregivers or family. Her experience and feeling of driftlessness is what led her to become an expert in childhood grief, help others support their children, and understand the common pitfalls and difficulties that grieving children experience.

As a clinician, Dr. Masur has helped many children recognize and express their feelings after loss. In How Children Grieve , Masur shares her expertise with caregivers of any kind, giving them the tools they need to help a child or teenager to mourn, to move forward, and to make meaning of terrible loss.

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction

304 pages, Hardcover

Published July 9, 2024

Reviews

[Mmetevelis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful resource. This book doesn’t bury you in clinical data but distills it into helpful snapshots of concern which are illustrated through the author’s practice.

The book is tremendously well organized. The first part of the book breaks down grieving in children by distinct age groups. The second part looks at specific types of losses in terms of the age groups. The third part gives warning signs and options for reaching out for support.

This reads well but also would work as a reference book. Helpful resource for those who work in hospice/funeral homes, schools, and those caring for young people dealing with losses.

[Jenni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good book with insights into how children handle grief. Some of it was quite surprising to learn, like how young children are affected by losing a loved one. Approachable for parents/relatives, but helpful for mental health clinicians as well.