According to a recent U.S. census, approximately 2.5 million children under the age of eighteen have experienced the death of a parent. Losing a parent at such a young age can have devastating consequences. Beyond the grief children and young adults experience, they can be at risk for many negative outcomes, including depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress symptoms, as well as diminished self-esteem. Their academic success and relationships with others can also be adversely affected. For these young adults, help is not always easy to find. In Parental Death: The Ultimate Teen Guide, Michelle Shreeve offers a variety of ways in which young people can cope with this tough experience. In addition to outlining the universal difficulties of losing a parent, the author also points out the unique dynamics of specific losses--sons who lose fathers, daughters who lose mothers, sons who lose mothers, and daughters who lose fathers-and what those losses can mean for their future development. This book also identifies how the challenges of life without a parent can affect a young adult at different stages. Featuring real stories and quotes from teens about their experiences, this book shows young adults a variety of views about the death of a parent, and provides coping strategies that young people can call upon to help them through this difficulty. Parental Death: The Ultimate Teen Guide serves as a valuable resource for all teens, whether they are dealing with tragedy personally or are looking for ways to console friends or siblings.

About the Author
Michelle Shreeve holds two undergraduate degrees in psychology as well as two master's degrees in English and creative writing. She has written columns and journalism pieces, as well as movie and book reviews, for various newspapers, magazines, and online blog sites.

Reviews
Parental Death is a compassionate resource that addresses topics often ignored in the midst of chaos, grief, and uncertainty. Teens struggling with the death of a parent will find the reading sensitive to their needs. This book offers insightful case studies that provide support to teen readers whose coping skills may be underdeveloped and who feel overwhelmed by new and raw emotions. The author, Michelle Shreeve, offers thoughtful and authentic advice, having lost her own parent while still a young child . . . The book's transition points and organization are flawless . . . Parental Death: The Ultimate Teen Guide is an essential bookstore offering for self-help shelves. Public, high school, middle school, and college libraries will benefit by including this book in their collection. * American Reference Books Annual *
Teens grappling with the death of a parent will find validation and solace in these pages. Written with the kind of authority and compassion that surfaces only when an author has navigated similar challenges, this book will be a steady, fortifying companion. -- Allison Gilbert, author of "Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive"
The author has created a book filled with practical and readily accessible advice, illustrated with personal stories-drawn from her own past experience and those of other youth-and supplemented with expert opinion. -- David Schonfeld, Director, National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement



Book Information
ISBN 9781442270879
Author Michelle Shreeve
Format Hardback
Page Count 236
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 667g
Dimensions(mm) 261mm * 183mm * 21mm