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Raising your children's children : help for grandparents raising grandkids / Martha Evans Sparks ; cover design, Arthur Cherry ; internal design, Sharon Page.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sparks, Martha Evans, 1927- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grandparents as parents.
- Grandparent and child.
- Grandparent and child--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Child rearing--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Child rearing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (157 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Kansas City, Missouri : Beacon Hill Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Sometimes, people mess up. They get addicted to drugs or alcohol, abandon their child, or just leave. This book is for those who want to step in and help, specifically the grandparents of those abandoned.Over six million children live in grandparent-headed households in the United States today. The number continues to rise. More than 80% of these cases occur because of drug or alcohol addiction. Grandparents raising grandchildren occurs in all ethnic and socio-economic groups.But where do you start? There s court proceedings, lawyer bills, sometimes hospital bills, and not to mention emotional needs of the children and grandparents alike. Raising Your Children's Children is a first reader of fast, accurate answers to sudden questions from the world of child neglect and abuse, court proceedings, custody arrangements, and drug addiction grandparents never knew existed.Your world may have just changed drastically, but you re not alone. Let us help.
- Contents:
- ""Cover Page ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Parenting Again, Like It or Not""; ""2. What Is Legal Custody?""; ""3. The Pros and Cons of Adopting Grandchildren""; ""4. Attachment Problems""; ""5. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)""; ""6. Recognizing Abuse""; ""7. Foster Care or Grandparent Care?""; ""8. Did I Cause This Mess? Enabling and Blame""; ""9. Experiencing Guilt""; ""10. Financing Another Family""; ""11. Recognizing the Signs of Substance Abuse""; ""12. Where Is Hope?""
- ""Notes""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8341-3329-6
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