Coping with Parental Death

Michelle Shreeve is a freelance writer who has been published nationally and locally in newspapers, magazines, and websites. She has a library, education, and writing background and is the author of Parental Death: The Ultimate Teen Guide. Shreeve lost her mother when she was nine years old.

This reassuring and affirming entry in the Empowering You series provides information and coping methods for any young person who has lost a parent or parents before they have reached the age of 20. Shreeve, who was 9 when she lost her own mother, understands what young people in similar situations are going through. She explains how life changes after a young person loses a parent, and identifies milestones surviving children should anticipate and how to get through them. Other young people provide honest accounts of the challenges and successes they experienced. Both negative and positive coping strategies a person might engage in, like seeing a counselor, are included. The author affirms that each person’s grief journey is different and each is valid.... Includes Haberer's graphic illustrations, appendices of recommended books and movies, notes, resources, bibliography, and an index.

• AcknowledgmentsWelcome To The ClubPART I. UNDERSTANDING PARENTAL DEATHChapter 1: The FactsChapter 2: Types of DeathChapter 3: How Life ChangesChapter 4: The First Year MilestonesChapter 5: The Challenges Chapter 6: The Parental Death DynamicsPART II. COPING WITH PARENTAL DEATHChapter 7: Positive Coping MethodsChapter 8: Negative Coping MethodsChapter 9: Forms of Therapy OptionsChapter 10: Supplemental Therapy OptionsChapter 11: Support Chapter 12: Role Models in SocietyPART III. RESOLUTIONChapter 13: Different Path for EveryoneChapter 14: An Ongoing Journey Chapter 15: Parting Advice from Those Who Lost a Parent Appendix A: Helpful BooksAppendix B: Helpful MoviesResourcesBibliographyIndexAbout the Author