Heaven's Not a Crying Place: Teaching Your Child About Funerals, Death, and the Life Beyond

by Joey O'Connor

Writing with warmth and understanding, Joey O'Connor shows how to teach your child to trust God and celebrate life and to deal with, learn from, and have hope in the face of death.

Genres: Parenting

208 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1997

About the author

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I am an award-winning author and screenwriter of twenty-five books for couples, parents, and young adults. I'm also the founder of The Grove Center for the Arts & Media, an arts organization dedicated to cultivating the spiritual life and creative work of artists. I'm an Ironman athlete and live in San Clemente, California.

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Reviews

[Megan Troxell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of good information and a good starting point to further think about my own beliefs and how to explain that to my kids. Will certainly reference it again in the future.

[Cathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

We first read this book on the death of our third daughter. This is a comforting read for parents to help them answer the questions and needs of grieving children. Children do not grieve the way adults do, and children in grieving families have additional emotional needs that are addressed in this book in a loving way. This book does an excellent job preparing parents to explain sensitive issues to grieving children.