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Dr. Ruth Talks about Grandparents

Advice for Kids on Making the Most of a Special Relationship

Dr. Ruth Talks about Grandparents( )
Author: Westheimer, Ruth K.
Lehu, Pierre A.
Illustrator: Pearson, Tracey Campbell
ISBN:978-0-374-31873-4
Publication Date:Aug 1997
Publisher:Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Imprint:Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR)
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $15.00
Book Details
Pages:112
Detailed Subjects: Family & Relationships / Parenting / Grandparenting
Juvenile Nonfiction / Family / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):7.2 x 9.28 x 0.56 Inches
Book Weight:8.3 Pounds
Author Biography
Westheimer, Ruth K. (Author)
Ruth K. Westheimer, 1928 - Ruth K. Westheimer was born in Germany in 1928, she went to a school in Switzerland at the age of 10, which became an orphanage for most of the German/Jewish students sent there. At 16 she went to Israel where she fought for that country's independence as member of the Haganah. She then moved to Paris where she studied psychology at the Sorbonne and taught kindergarten.

Westheimer immigrated to the U.S. in 1956, where she received her Masters degree in Sociology and her Doctorate in Education from Columbia University. She studied human sexuality with Dr. Helen Singer-Kaplan at New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center.

Dr. Westheimer is a pioneer in "sexual literacy." She has twice been named "College Lecturer of the Year." Westheimer is a Psychosexual Therapist who helped pioneer the field of Media Psychology with her radio program "Sexually Speaking" which began in September, 1980 . "The Dr. Ruth Show," which aired on the Lifetime channel, has been syndicated nationally and internationally.

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