Andrew Adesman, Christine Adamec

The Grandfamily Guidebook (eBook, ePUB)

Wisdom and Support for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Are you one of nearly 3 million grandparents across North America raising your grandchildren as part of a grandfamily? You may have done all this parenting stuff before, but times have changed since you raised your own kids, and you likely never thought you'd be raising kids again. What has led to all these family issues and the growing need for grandparents to step up? Now more than ever, substance use and addiction have made many birth parents simply unfit for the job, whether the problem is alcohol, opioids, or other drugs. Family dynamics might also be undermined by parents' mental health or medical problems, incarceration, or a simple lack of preparedness for family responsibilities. Whatever the reason for your new role, you must now help your grandchildren adjust to their extended family as part of their everyday life, through the best care you are able to provide. While your new role means that you will likely have to change the way you live, the kinship care you provide your grandchildren might make all the difference in the world. In The Grandfamily Guidebookwhich leading medical experts have called a "must-have" resource for grandparents raising grandchildrenauthors Andrew Adesman, MD, and Christine Adamec offer expert medical advice, helpful insights gleaned from other grandparents, and data mined from the 2016 Adesman Grandfamily Studythe broadest and most diverse research study of its kind to date. You'll also find hands-on tips you'll be able to reference whenever you need them, including how to cope with difficult birth parents, school issues and social-life challenges, problem behaviors that stem from a difficult past, and your own self-care. Starting with its foreword by the renowned Dr. William Sears, across this book you will find practical, inspiring help as you navigate the financial impacts, legal considerations, and medical issues that commonly arise when grandparents and grandchildren start becoming a grandfamily.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781616497828
• Artikelnr.: 53701615

Autorenporträt

Dr. Andrew Adesman is a nationally recognized pediatrician with expertise in the areas of parenting and child development. He is a professor of pediatrics at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He also serves as chief of the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York. The author of the trusted book Baby Facts, in 2016 Adesman completed the largest nationwide study of grandparents serving as parents. Christine Adamec is a self-help, health, and wellness writer who has coauthored more than 40 books, including When Your Adult Child Breaks Your Heart; The A-Z of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties; and Fibromyalgia for Dummies. She and her husband are now raising a grandchild. This is the second book from coauthors Adesman and Adamec; they previously worked together on Parenting Your Adopted Child.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents 
 
Introduction: You’re a Grandfamily Now
Part I. Ready or Not, You’re Raising Your Grandchildren
1.  A Family, Reinvented: Who Grandfamilies Are, and How We Got Here
How Did You Get Here?...Think Again: Avoiding Common Pitfalls… Grandfamily
Data: Who Are We, and What’s On Our Minds?
2. From Shock to Joy, and Everything In Between
Notice Your Feelings: Some Common Emotions… Dealing with Your Own Emotions…
What Kind of Help Is Available?
3. Let’s Get Real: Strategies for Dealing with the Middle Generation
When Worlds Collide: You Clash with the Child’s Parents… Possible Problems
During Visits… Drawing the Line: When Contact Is Too Difficult… If and When
the Birthparents’ Situation Changes
Part II. Adjusting to the New Normal
4. “Why Aren’t My Birthparents Raising Me?”—Age-Wise Explanations
Explaining to a Child’s Understanding Level… Think Again: Avoid Unhelpful
Explanations… More on the Underlying Issues… Other Issues That May Need
Discussion
5. Responding to Problem Behaviors
Sleep Problems… Food Problems… Regressive Behaviors… Aggressive Behaviors…
Myths and Realities about Child Discipline
6. Challenges at School, and Where to Find Help
Getting Started at School… Your Relationship with Your Grandchild’s
Teacher…
The School and the Classroom: How Good a Fit?... Social Problems at School…
Does My Grandchild Have a Disability or Need Special Education (or
Both)?...
What Else Might Be Holding My Grandchild Back?
Part III. Legal and Financial Resources: Using Them to Your Grandfamily’s
Advantage
7. Child Custody Issues
Child Custody: Key Ideas, Terms, and Factors to Consider… Understanding the
Options: Several Types of Legal Custody… Adoption
 
 
8. Grandfamily Finance
Practical Help from Federal, State, and County Resources… Cash Benefits:
Programs That Make Direct Financial Payments… Non-Money Benefits… Other
Benefits…
Finding Financial Aid: Three Resources
Part IV. Healthy in Body and Mind
9. Understanding Children’s Behavioral Disorders and Mental Health
Understanding Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder… Autism Spectrum
Disorder: What Is It?... When Your Grandchild May Be Depressed… Coping with
Your Grandchild’s Anxiety… Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Children…
Disruptive Behavior Disorders… Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol or Drugs
10. Raising a Healthy Child
Dr. Adesman’s Updated Child Health Care Tips for Grandparents…
Common Medical Problems for Children… Daily Habits for Health… The Facts
about Immunizations…Finding a Good Pediatrician… Finding Reliable Medical
Websites… When You Have Little or No Medical Information on Your Grandchild
11. Staying Healthy Yourself
Managing Common Health Conditions for Adults 50 and Up… Take Steps to Help
Prevent Serious Health Problems… Preventive Care to Help You Live Longer…
Act Now for a Longer, Healthier Life
Conclusion
Appendixes
1. Helpful Organizations and Web-Based Resources
2. Kinship Navigator Programs; A State-by-State Directory
3. State Adoption Assistance Programs: Basic Facts
4. Child Protection Agency Hotlines, State by State
5. Glossary of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Notes
About the Authors