To Grandma's House, We...Stay : When You Have to Stop Spoiling Your Grandchildren and Start Raising Them [Paperback]

Sally Houtman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1999

Presently, more than 4 million children are being raised in homes headed by grandparents due to their parents ineffectiveness, absence, or lack of interest. This book is a timely road map that guides grandparents through these uncharted territories, offering practical solutions to the real-life problems theyll face. It blends compassionate wisdom and good, old-fashioned nuts and bolts advice to lead them through the obstacle course of emotions, conflicts, and social considerations that lie ahead. Contains 8 appendices of resources.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Grandparents raising their grandchildren will do well to read and enjoy this book." -- Arthur Kornhaber, M.D., President and Founder, Foundation For Grandparenting

"The information you provide will be of great service to the many grandparents who today find themselves raising grandchildren..." -- Richard S. Victor, Founder and Executive Director, Grandparents Rights Organization

[Houtman] offers "opinions, advice, guidelines...in a way that humorous, intelligent, and vastly informational." -- Ethel Dunn, President, National Coalition of Grandparents, Inc.

About the Author

Sally Houtman possesses bachelor degrees in English and Psychology and a Masters Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from Boston University. For the past 8 years, she has served as a counselor in outpatient chemical dependency treatment at Kaiser Permanente, the nations leading HMO.

As an individual who herself was raised by her grandparents, the author brings a sense of reality to the topic. As a professional, Ms. Houtman has honed her knowledge about human behavior and family dynamics into a powerful tool which she uses to clearly identify problem areas and outline meaningful solutions.

Product Details

• Paperback: 223 pages
• Publisher: Studio 4 Productions (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882349059
• ISBN-13: 978-1882349050
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,862,375 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Most Helpful, November 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: To Grandma's House, We...Stay : When You Have to Stop Spoiling Your Grandchildren and Start Raising Them (Paperback)

Once I started reading the book, I really did not want to put it down. I have been given custody of my granddaughter and I needed help, not only with understanding the dynamics of our relationship, but how to help me deal with the adult child. If you are a gparent raising a gchild, get this book. It has a list of helpful resources and was written by a person who was raised by gparents. The insights were right-on and thought provoking. I then handed it to my husband, the PaPa and he is now reading it.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Who ever thought, June 15, 2000

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Dennis L. Hall - See all my reviews

This review is from: To Grandma's House, We...Stay : When You Have to Stop Spoiling Your Grandchildren and Start Raising Them (Paperback)

Who ever thought that I would consider raising my grand daughter. This book has the information to help my wife and I weight the pros and cons of our decision. One of the first items we found useful was on if you are doing the right thing. After reading the right and wrong reasons and finding that we were right in line with all the right reasons we knew this was the right book. It will help anyone going though such a difficult decision.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of Four, November 24, 2003

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John (Anaheim, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: To Grandma's House, We...Stay : When You Have to Stop Spoiling Your Grandchildren and Start Raising Them (Paperback)

I have read four books on this subject and have to say this is the best and most realistic. This not to say that the others did not contribute to understanding the problem, but this book seemed to take a view from several different sides of the issue which helped me understand our position as well as the other players in our personal story. Our next step is to find local meeting to compare notes. Thank you Sally for your objective view.