Why Did Daddy End His Life? Why Did He Have To Die?: A Suicide Bereavement Book For Children and Parents($13.95Value)

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This award winning book, which is written for children between the ages of five and twelve years, provides a resource that parents and caregivers can use to support and guide their children through the difficult process of suicide bereavement. Explaining suicide is not a task that parents are usually prepared for. Parents and caregivers often feel lost and overwhelmed at the prospect of having to discuss suicide with their children. Written from the perspective of a child, this illustrated story provides a fictional character for children to relate to. The story guides children through the difficult emotions they may feel, but often find difficult to express. It ends by reassuring children that they can survive the pain of their loss, even though it currently feels unbearable. Parents and caregivers should read this book with their children. This book provides a means to explain suicide and suicide bereavement in a way that children can understand, while also giving children permission to talk openly about their loss. The goal is to increase the sense of connection between parents and caregivers and their children and to help children feel understood and supported. In the supplementary parent's guide, the author answers some of the common questions that arise for parents and caregivers, and covers specific examples of how they can respond to their children when discussing the suicide. Copyright © 2017 Samantha Pekh, M.A., Registered Psychologist.All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.Balboa Press books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:Balboa Press A Division of Hay House 1663 Liberty Drive Bloomington, IN 47403 balboapress.com 1 (877) 407-4847Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only. Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.ISBN: 978-1-5043-7494-1 (sc) ISBN: 978-1-5043-7495-8 (e)Library of Congress Control Number: 2017902266Print information available on the last page.Balboa Press rev. date: 05/16/2017 This book, which is written for children between the ages of fi ve and twelve years, provides a resource that parents and caregivers can use to support and guide their children through the diffi cult process of suicide bereavement. Explaining suicide is not a task that parents are usually prepared for. Parents and caregivers often feel lost and overwhelmed at the prospect of having to discuss suicide with their children. Written from the perspective of a child, this illustrated story provides a fi ctional character for children to relate to. The story guides children through the diffi cult emotions they may feel, but often fi nd diffi cult to express. It ends by reassuring children that they can survive the pain of their loss, even though it currently feels unbearable. Parents and caregivers should read this book with their children. This book provides a means to explain suicide and suicide bereavement in a way that children can understand, while also giving children permission to talk openly about their loss. The goal is to increase the sense of connection between parents and caregivers and their children and to help children feel understood and supported. In the supplementary parent's guide, the author answers some of the common questions that arise for parents and caregivers, and covers specifi c examples of how they can respond to their children when discussing the suicide. Access her FREE Report: Helping Children Through Suicide Bereavement: Top 3 Things to Do. samanthapekh.com/helping-children-after-loss Samantha Pekh is the director of PsychSolutions, a private psychology practice based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. As a trauma therapist, she supports children, adults, and families through the loss of suicide, as well as individuals struggling with suicidal ideation. Through her work, she has found that parents and caregivers often struggle to find the right words to explain suicide and suicide bereavement to children. This children's book was written to provide parents and caregivers a resource that they can use to support and guide their children through the difficult process of suicide bereavement. Written from the perspective of a young child, this book includes illustrations that capture many of the thoughts and emotions experienced by grieving. It is written for childr