Ruth K. Westheimer, world-renowned psychosexual therapist, is the author of numerous books, including Dr. Ruth's Pregnancy Guide for Couples(Routledge, 1999), Dr. Ruth Talks about Grandparents, and a documentary that she produced and narrated, No Missing Links, which examines how grandparents have transmitted traditional values from generation to generation. Steven Kaplan is Associate Professor of Comparative Religion and African Studies at the Hebrew University. His previous books include a co-authored work with Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Surviving Salvation: The Ethiopian Jewish Family in Transition ( 1992 ), and an edited collection, Indigenous Responses to Western Christianity ( 1995).
Introduction
Chapter l: The Grandparent Relationship
Chapter 2: Common Concerns
Chapter 3: Grandparenting: A Developing Relationship
Chapter 4: Created in Our Own Image: Choosing Our Grandparenting Style
Chapter 5: Vital Roles
Chapter 6: Distance Is Only Relative, Especially If You're the Relative
Chapter 7: It Pays to Visit!
Chapter 8: Giving Wisely
Chapter 9: Families in Many Shapes and Sizes
Chapter l 0: Going It Alone: Single
Parent Families
Chapter l l: Until Divorce Do Us Part
Chapter l 2: Starting Over: Grandparents as Parents
Chapter l 3: Like a Passing Shadow
Afterword
Resources
Index.
