From School Library Journal
Grade 8-11-- A self-affirming volume written in an easy, conversational style. Through the use of statistics and a description of the genesis of the family nucleus, the authors attempt to provide YA readers with good answers to specific problems and challenges that arise in single-parent families. A variety of survival skills are discussed and suggestions are offered for long-term solutions. Ancillary discussions include custody agreements, alimony and child support, parental dating, searching for birth parents, tracking an absent parent, life-stage approaches to death and the grief process, support groups, and parental medical care both at home and in a hospital. The final two chapters address the psychological nuances of the single-parent family. Totally encouraging while stressing the realistic aspects of the specific situations, this title shows the need for facing up to one's problems and moving forward rather than wallowing in negativism and despair. This is a step up from Marilyn Bailey's Single Parent Families (Crestwood, 1989) and a good complementary companion to Paul Dolmetsch's The Kids' Book about Single Parent Families (Doubleday, 1985; o.p.). An appendix listing resource agencies with contacts and a brief bibliography conclude this useful book. --Celia A. Huffman, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Cleveland
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Library Binding edition.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Library Binding edition.
