What Makes a Family? Living in a Nontraditional Family |
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Author:
| Lynette, Rachel |
Series title: | Essential Health: Strong Beautiful Girls Set 2 Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-61785-208-4 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2009 |
Publisher: | ABDO Publishing Company
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Imprint: | Essential Library |
Book Format: | Online resource |
List Price: | USD $59.93USD $39.93 |
Book Description:
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What Makes Us a Family features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen girls better understand and appreciate their nontraditional families. Topics include adoption, gay parents, grandparents as parents, foster families, stepparents, and mixed-race families. Readers will also learn how to cope with having a parent in prison, an alcoholic parent, or a parent in the military. Throughout the book, Talk About It questions...
More DescriptionWhat Makes Us a Family features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen girls better understand and appreciate their nontraditional families. Topics include adoption, gay parents, grandparents as parents, foster families, stepparents, and mixed-race families. Readers will also learn how to cope with having a parent in prison, an alcoholic parent, or a parent in the military. Throughout the book, Talk About It questions encourage discussion. Additional resources, a glossary, and an index are also included. What Makes Us a Family will leave readers with a new perspective of their nontraditional families. Strong, Beautiful Girls is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.