Explore a new way of pastoral care that enables caregivers to
develop relationships and provide meaningful pastoral care to the
children and youth they encounter The Pastoral Care of Children
focuses on the need for pastoral caregivers, clergy and chaplains
to develop relationships with youths and gives you suggestions to
overcome the anxiety associated with caring for an acutely ill
child through unique, playful, and child-centered approaches. Many
pastoral caregivers have high anxiety when children are ill or
hurt, are unsure how to have a substantive conversation with a
nine-year old, or their fears of what could be said keep them from
hearing what children have to say. The effective approaches in The
Pastoral Care of Children are illustrated to assist you with
serving the spiritual needs of children. You will explore actual
pastoral care experiences that will help you gain confidence in
handling situations such as a teenager 's desire to be baptized out
of fear of death when neither he nor his parents believe in Christ.
Intelligent and heartfelt, this valuable book gives you a complete
theological exploration of ministering to children who may ask you
"Why me?," "Why do people have to die?" and "What happens to
children if they die before they are baptized?" The Pastoral Care
of Children helps you answer these questions with meaningful
responses that are genuine and grounded with yourself, and reflect
the parents'beliefs. Some of the help you will discover in The
Pastoral Care of Children includes: understanding the similarities
and differences of caring for children in comparison to adults,
such as different vocabularies but similar emotions, and realizing
that children are very perceptiveusing play as a tool, for example
referring to a puppet 's experience in reference to the child to
eliminate the child 's self-consciousness and help him or her open
upconfronting pastoral issues in acute care settings, such as fear,
guilty feelings, and anger, from parents, family and the
childhelping children recover from mental health issues such as
depression, eating disorders, and identity and self-esteem issues
by using cognitive therapyconducting prayer and rituals with
children such as baptism, naming ceremonies, anointings, and
funerals to assist the child and family through this spiritual rite
of passage Complete with child and family focused approaches for
dealing with the questions surrounding death, The Pastoral Care of
Children also provides you with several cited scriptures, and a
list of questions you may be asked by a child who is facing death.
You will learn from actual circumstances pastoral caregivers have
encountered and discover how to approach topics, and answer
questions on God and death. The Pastoral Care of Children, an
extremely resourceful book that will assist you in overcoming
anxiety and help you deliver thoughtful and uplifting pastoral care
to children and youth.
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