Healing the Hurt, Restoring the Hope: How to Guide Children and Teens Through Times of Divorce, Death, and Crisis with the RAINBOWS Approach

by Suzy Yehl Marta

Book Overview

Rainbows offers our children healing and hope. Even if children or teenagers you love appear to be doing "just fine" after a loss, the truth is, they may be suffering in silence. They may not even... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579545912
• ISBN13: 9781579545918
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.8" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

I wish this was the 1st book I'd read when my husband left

My husband moved out 5 months ago, leaving behind his 5-year-old and 2-year-old daughters. Since then, I've looked at plenty of books on divorce (for kids and adults), but this is the one I've been looking for. I agree from personal experience that kids are not "resilient" and don't just automatically "bounce back" from serious loss, regardless of how they may look on the outside. I just bought 5 copies of it for my church, my daughters' 2 schools, my husband, and one to have on hand for friends. Thank goodness I finally found something that will really help me help my grieving children!

Book helpfulness

This book is a must for any teacher, guidence counselor or parent who wants to help a child work through the grief that they may be experiencing as the result of a family death, divorce or other transitional crisis. It is written in a helpful, supportive voice.

How to heal the hurt felt by a grieving child

When a child loses a parent through death or divorce, people say, "Children are resiliant, they will bounce back." However, this statement ignores the feelings of anger, sadness, guilt or fear that can haunt a child for a lifetime.This book helps you understand the emotions that a child goes through and how to help the child heal from their grief and loss. It gives practical tools for adults and children who are in a vulnerable state.