Product Description: Practical, authoritative, and written by trusted childcare expert, Dr. Miriam Stoppard, Grandparents tells caregivers what they need to know about helping to look after grandchildren, and contains the most up to date information on all aspects of childcare...read more

Product Description: Written to support the nearly 4 million U.S. children and the grandparents who lovingly care for them. This edition replaces 1-882349-05-9, now OUT OF PRINT.

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Product Description: This manual is a 14-session workshop designed to help grandparents who are raising their grandchildren alone. Group leaders can revise and expand upon the themes presented here to fit the needs of their particular work groups. Some of the main issues that are explored are: useful tips for grandparents on how to communicate effectively with their grandchildren on all topics ranging from drugs and sex, to sexually transmitted diseases; helping them learn how to deal with loss and abandonment issues; helping them develop and maintain self-esteem; dealing with special behavior problems; and appropriate ways of instilling and maintaining rules in the home...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book addresses the growing phenomenon of grandparents assuming responsibility for raising their grandchildren. Cox has assembled an impressive team of psychologists, social workers, and nurses, as well as lawyers and sociologists...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Offers advice for grandparents who have taken the responsibility of raising their grandchildren, including how to tackle the intergenerational gap.