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How to help children through a parent's serious illness supportive, practical advice from a leading child life specialist

"In the fifteen years since it was published, HOW TO HELP CHILDREN THROUGH A PARENT'S SERIOUS ILLNESS has become the standard work on the subject. If offers supportive, practical advice, including: what to tell children about their parent's illness, how to recognize early-warning signs in a child's...

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Main Author: McCue, Kathleen
Other Authors: Bonn, Ron
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2011.
Edition:Revised and Updated.
Subjects:
Parent and child.
Sick > Family relationships.
Parents > Death > Psychological aspects.
Family psychotherapy.
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Table of Contents:
  • The first day of the rest of your life
  • Getting it together
  • Early warnings
  • Help! How to give it, where to get it
  • The wonderful, terrible internet
  • Preparing children for hospital visits
  • Coming home
  • Chronic illness: when it won't get better
  • Dealing with a parent's mental illness
  • When things get very bad
  • Children and trauma
  • Single parenting, multiple households
  • Genetic diseases: "no, but ..."
  • Some other special situations
  • Emily's hero.

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