Why Are You So Sad: A Child's Book about Parental Depression

by Beth Andrews

Book Overview

Parents don't feel bad on purpose. They don't want to feel bad, just like you don't want to feel bad when you are sick with a cold or the flu and have to stay in bed when you would rather be outside playing. It just happens sometimes. When a parent has depression, children often feel sad and confused themselves. This interactive book can help by: Explaining depression and its treatment in kid terms Reassuring children that their parents can get better Exploring the many feelings children usually have Helping children understand and express their feelings Providing practical tips for coping with a parent's depression Showing children how they can feel better too Why Are You So Sad? contains a comprehensive and authoritative note to parents by therapists from the disciplines of clinical social work and clinical psychology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557988366
• ISBN13: 9781557988362
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Magination Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 3 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

An excellent supplemental resource for child counselors

Superbly written by family therapist Beth Andrews, and enhanced with the artwork of freelance illustrator Nicole Wong, Why Are You So Sad?: A Child's Book About Depression is an interactive picture book approach to explaining depression and its treatment in terms and images that kids can readily understand. Why Are You So Sad? will reassure children that their parents suffering from depression can get better and explores the many feelings such children usually experience. Why Are You So Sad? will help children ages 3 to 8 understand and express their feelings and provides them with practical tips for coping with their parent's depression. In addition to showing children how they can feel better too, Why Are You So Sad? is further enhanced with the addition of a comprehensive note to parents by therapists from the disciplines of clinical social work and clinical psychologist. Why Are You So Sad? is an ideal addition to community library collections and would make an excellent supplemental resource for child counselors and family therapists.