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Today's societal pressures threaten families as never before. With divorce rates skyrocketing and parents spending more time at work and less at home, grandparents more than ever play an essential role in shaping the lives of their grandchildren. Here Carson honors grandparenthood, dispelling granparenting myths and helping readers develop their own grandparenting strategy in order to make the most of this rewarding stage in life.
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Dr. Lillian Carson, D.S.W., L.C.S.W., Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work, is an authority on child development, parenting, and grandparenting. She is a psychotherapist in private practice in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara and has worked with adults, children and families for the past 25 years. Dr. Carson conducts groups and lectures, and has made numerous television appearances on the topics of child development, parenting and women's issues. She is listed in the World's Who's Who of Women and Who's Who of American Women. She lives in Montecino, California with her husband and enjoys grandparenting eight grandchildren.
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Today's societal pressures threaten families as never before. With divorce rates skyrocketing and parents spending more time at work and less at home, grandparents more than ever play an essential role in shaping the lives of their grandchildren. Here Carson honors grandparenthood, dispelling granparenting myths and helping readers develop their own grandparenting strategy in order to make the most of this rewarding stage in life.
About the Author
Dr. Lillian Carson, D.S.W., L.C.S.W., Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work, is an authority on child development, parenting, and grandparenting. She is a psychotherapist in private practice in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara and has worked with adults, children and families for the past 25 years. Dr. Carson conducts groups and lectures, and has made numerous television appearances on the topics of child development, parenting and women's issues. She is listed in the World's Who's Who of Women and Who's Who of American Women. She lives in Montecino, California with her husband and enjoys grandparenting eight grandchildren.
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My first thought when my daughter told me she was expecting my first grandchild was, Oh no, someone else for me to take care of. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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- The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter on page 193, and page 199
- Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit by Jack Canfield in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Beyond the Ridge by Paul Goble on page 193, and page 195
- Cars and Trucks (A Billion Golden Memories of Little Golden Readers) by Richard Scarry on page 194
- Stuart Little by E. B. White on page 197
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- Welcome to the Club: The Art of Jewish Grandparenting by Moshe Sonnheim on page 131, and Back Matter
- Grandparenthood by Steven Kaplan on page 14, and Back Matter
- Chicken Soup for the Grandparent's Soul: Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of Grandparents by Jack Canfield in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Counseling Families Across the Stages of Life by Andrew J. Weaver on page 142
- The Next Fifty Years: A Guide for Women at Midlife and Beyond by Pamela D. Blair in Back Matter
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