Description: When children lose a loved one, it is particularly difficult to walk them through their grief because they may be unable to comprehend death and may be confused and frightened by the events taking place. This unique book is designed to equip parents with answers to their child's immediate questions, and to offer wisdom and guidance in helping them parent their children at a time when their own hearts are broken and their own energies stretched to the breaking point.

Author Sharon Marshall experienced this vulnerable time firsthand, when she had to parent her own toddler through the grief of losing his younger brother. But she also writes from her subsequent years of experience in working with high-risk youth traumatized by grief and loss. These pages offer her voice of compassion and gentleness, coupled with wise answers born of research, experience, and success.

Each brief chapter is written in a poignant and easy-to-read style, beginning with a real-life scenario featuring a child. It then explains principles for mentoring a child through grief, and provides practical ways to handle the challenges. Sharon's 28-year-old son, Jeff, closes each chapter with a reflection on his walk through grief toward hope.

Take My Hand carries the reader to the loving arms of the heavenly Father who is able to transform the brokenness of a child's grief into a pathway of learning, growth, and new insight and hope found in Jesus Christ.

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