A pet loss book for parents, teachers, and caretakers. Telling children about death is not easy...yet this pet loss for kids book is about helping you help them with all the aspects of pet loss, grief and loss and ultimately healing pet loss for your child.
There will be a time when your child's pet loss grief will offer a most profound lesson-all living things must die. Since children are naturally curious and want to know how things work, they will experience various emotions and stages of grief and loss that can be extremely difficult for them to comprehend and challenging for parents to help them navigate.
"Healing A Child's Pet Loss Grief" covers the following topic with case studies and Tidbits of Wisdom at the end of each chapter.
1. The importance of Pets
2. Choosing the Right Pet for Your Child and Family
3. Guidelines for Supporting your Child
4. Age Reactions to Grief and Death
5. Creative Ways to Feel Safe
6. A Child's Experience of Grief
7. Stages of Grief
8. Myths about How Children Grieve
9. Telling Children the Truth
10. Explaining Euthanasia or Sudden Death
11. A Child's Experience of Mourning
12. Significance of a Pet Funeral and Other Mourning Rituals
13. Creative Ways to Celebrate
14. Getting Another Pet
Bestselling and award winning author Wendy Van de Poll gently takes parents through this trying time with tools that will help children feel supported in their journey and learn lasting compassion as they heal the pain of loss and pet bereavement. Discover how a companion animal will share these lessons with your child forever-through life, death, and beyond.
In the resources section, she lists some of her favorite pet loss books for kids. When you read this book and implement the compassionate suggestions you will discover how a companion animal will share many life lessons with your child forever--through life, death, and beyond.