Your Parenting Mojo - Respectful, Research-based Parenting Ideas To Help Kids Thrive

This episode builds on our https://www.yourparentingmojocom/death (conversation with Dr. Atle Dyregrov on the topic of talking with children about death), where we focused mainly on death as a general concept and navigating the first few days after the death. Grief therapist Katie Lear has a new book called A Parent's Guide to Managing Childhood Grief and focuses on the much longer period of mourning that follows the death of someone close to a child. We look at: The four 'tasks' of mourning that most people (including children) move through Activities we can do in each task to help children navigate their feelings effectively long the process usually takes Signs that a child is engaged in 'complicated grief' and needs more support Where and how to find that support Resources mentioned in the show https://www.katielear.com/ (Katie's website) https://amzn.to/3IZL8Np (The book A Parent's Guide to Managing Childhood Grief) https://amzn.to/3PMusef (Selma Fraiberg's book The Magic Years: Unders