Chapter One - My Story

Chapter Two - How Could This Happen?
Why?
Is Suicide a Choice?
Confronting the Stigma
Depression and Mental Illness
The Challenge of Surviving

Chapter Three - Telling Your Child
First Steps
A Truthful Explanation
It’s Not Your Fault
Helping Your Child Respond to Others
Suicide Notes

Chapter Four - How Young Children Grieve
The Myth of Stages
Birth to Three: Please Hold Me!
Three to Six: When Daddy Comes Back, He’s Bringing Me a Barbie
Six to Nine: Is Someone Else I Love Going to Die?
Ten to Twelve: I Don’t Know What to Feel

Chapter Five - Teen Grief
Tears and Fears
Telling Friends
Going Back to School
Changing Family Roles
Emotional Health Issues
Talking About the Death—or Not
Risky Behavior
Sexual Activity
The Challenge of Adolescence

Chapter Six - Grieving Responses: How Nature Heals
Denial: He Isn’t Really Dead, Just Gone on a Business Trip
Regression: I’m Scared of the Dark
Backlash: Why Did She Have to Mess Up My Life?
Guilt: If Only I Had…
Hyper-Maturity: I’ll Be the Daddy Now
Anxiety: What Will Happen to Our Family?