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Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children

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By Bryan Mellonie, Robert Ingpen — 1983

When the death of a relative, a friend, or a pet happens or is about to happen . . . how can we help a child to understand? Lifetimes is a moving book for children of all ages, even parents too. It lets us explain life and death in a sensitive, caring, beautiful way. See more...

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Why Does Mommy Hurt? Helping Children Cope with the Challenges of Having a Caregiver with Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia, or Autoimmune Disease

The children of people with chronic illness and pain suffer quietly. “Why Does Mommy Hurt?” is a joyful, yet honest, portrayal of family life burdened with chronic illness. This is a delightful story told by a young boy learning to understand and cope with his mother’s illness.

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The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care

There is an unspoken dark side of American medicine—keeping patients alive at any price. Two-thirds of Americans die in healthcare institutions, tethered to machines and tubes at bankrupting costs, even though research shows that most prefer to die at home in comfort, surrounded by loved ones. Dr.

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How to Help Children through a Parent’s Serious Illness

How to Help Children Through a Parent’s Serious Illness has become the standard work on an important subject. It continues to be a go-to book for supportive, practical advice, based on the lifetime experience and clinical practice of one of America’s leading child life practitioners.

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A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death

“There is nothing wrong with you for dying,” hospice physician B.J. Miller and journalist and caregiver Shoshana Berger write in A Beginner’s Guide to the End. “Our ultimate purpose here isn’t so much to help you die as it is to free up as much life as possible until you do.

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