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According to a recent U.S. census, approximately 2.5 million children under the age of eighteen have experienced the death of a parent. Losing a parent at such a young age can have devastating consequences. Beyond the grief children and young adults experience, they can be at risk for many negative outcomes, including depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress symptoms, as well as diminished self-esteem. Their academic success and relationships with others can also be adversely affected. For these young adults, help is not always easy to find. In Parental Death: The Ultimate Teen Guide, Michelle Shreeve offers a variety of ways in which young people can cope with this tough experience. In addition to outlining the universal difficulties of losing a parent, the author also points out the unique dynamics of specific losses--sons who lose fathers, daughters who lose mothers, sons who lose mothers, and daughters who lose fathers - and what those losses can mean for their future development.
About the Author
Michelle Shreeve has been a published writer since 2008. Her love for books, movies, and fictional characters eventually spilled into her writing, which is how she also started writing movie reviews, book reviews, and an advice column. Parental Death: The Ultimate Teen Guide, published by Rowman & Littlefield as a part of the It Happened To Me series, is Michelle's debut book, in which she revisits the death of her own mother at a young age to try and help teens who are currently coping with the death of one or both of their parents. Michelle has two undergraduate degrees in psychology, and she also has two master's degrees in English and creative writing. Her thesis project focused on how bibliotherapy and writing therapy can help kids and teens cope with the death of a parent. Michelle resides in Arizona with her husband Chris, their dog, and their two cats. She can be reached at fortheparentless@gmail.com.
