How to Help Children Through a Parent's Serious Illness: Supportive, Practical Advice from a Leading Child Life SpecialistHow to Help Children Through a Parent's Serious Illness has become the standard work on an important subject. A classic for over fifteen years, it continues to be a go-to book for supportive, practical advice, based on the lifetime experience and clinical practice of one of America 's leading child life practitioners. Fully revised and updated, this new edition also explores the major issues and developments from the last decade that affect children today, including the dangers and opportunities of the Internet, a deeper understanding of how hereditary diseases affect children, the impact of the nation's explosive growth in single-parent families, and new insights into how family trauma and a parent's mental illness may affect children. |
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| Title | How to Help Children Through a Parent's Serious Illness: Supportive, Practical Advice from a Leading Child Life Specialist |
| Authors | Kathleen McCue, M.A., C.C.L.S., Ron Bonn |
| Edition | 2, revised |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Press, 2011 |
| ISBN | 1429991194, 9781429991193 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › › Family & Relationships / Death, Grief, Bereavement Family & Relationships / Parenting / General |
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