Kinship Care

BOOKS

	Grandparents as Parents: A survival guide for raising a second family by Slyvie deToledo and Deborah Edler Brown - This is a good, solid guidebook for any grandparent who is helping to support, raising or contemplating raising a grandchild.
	To Grandma's House We Stay: When you have to stop spoiling your grandchildren and start raising them by Sally Houtman, MS - A timely road map that guides grandparents through the uncharted territories of parenting a second generation of children. It offers practical solutions to real-life problems that families face when traditional roles and relationships are redefined.
	Grandma was Right! 39 1/2 Slogans to Raise Children By by Anne McKay Garris - Everyone can use these slogans to help children they love grow into mature, happy and responsible adults. Slogans are a quick and easy method of communicating lasting values in a way that children will enjoy and remember.
	Relatives Raising Children: A Guide to Finding Help and Hope by Marianne Takas - Raising your grandchild or niece or nephew isn't easy. Children's needs, the problems of the parents, schools and doctors that ask for custody orders and courts that make it hard to get them - these are just a few of the many challenges. This book can help you to cope with these issues and more. It provides information and ideas you need and tells about people and services that can help. It may even help you rediscover the joys thatn can come with the challenges.