The Essential Grandparent: A Guide for Making a Difference - Softcover

Carson, Lilian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558743979 ISBN 13: 9781558743977

Publisher: Health Communications, 1997

Synopsis

Ready or not, you're a grandparent! How did you get here so fast? No one consults you about this new role. It is handed to you without your advice or consent. So now that you're here at this new stage of life, the question before you is, what are you going to make of it? This book will help you find your answer and assist you in developing a plan for your grandparenting. It will dispel the myths and "tell it like it is." You'll learn that other grandparents feel just as you do. It will guide you to become aware of the possibilities, encourage you to trust your intuition, and teach you how to set goals so that you can make the most of this essential role. Just as babies don't come with instructions for parents, they certainly don't come with instructions for grandparents! The joys of grandparenting are available to all. It's healthy for us, the older generation, to nurture the young. It is our natural task to influence the future in this way. There are no requirements for a grandparent to be of a certain color, educational level, lifestyle or economic class. However, just loving our children and grandchildren is not enough. The joy comes from our ingenuity, energy and determination to provide stability and purpose. It is ours for the doing.

About this title

From the Author

Essential Grandparennt Groups
My mission to inform grandparents and families that grandparenting is essential has resulted in Essential Grandparent Groups around the country, using this book as a basis fordiscussion.

I'd love to hear your thoughts, commentsand stories and will, happily, assist inthe formation of groups.

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Health Communications
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558743979
• ISBN 13: 9781558743977
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200