Parenting Through Crisis: Helping Kids in Times of Loss, Grief, and Change - Softcover

9780060958145: Parenting Through Crisis: Helping Kids in Times of Loss, Grief, and Change
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 

In this companion to her bestselling Kids are Worth It!, parenting educator Barbara Coloroso shows how parents can help children find a way through grief and sorrow during the difficult times of death, illness, divorce, and other upheavals. She offers concrete, compassionate ideas for supporting children as they navigate the emotional ups and downs that accompany loss, assisting them in developing their own constructive ways of responding to what life hands them.

At the heart of her approach is what she calls the T.A.0. of Family -- Time, Affection, and Optimism -- coupled with her deep understanding of how people move through grief. Barbara Coloroso's clear answers to difficult questions are enriched by uplifting humor and insightful anecdotes from her own experiences as a Franciscan nun, mother of three, and her thirty years as a parenting educator. With this Guide in hand, parents can feel assured that they are responding with wisdom and love when children need them most.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:
Sooner or later, all families are faced with an emergency or two; some families, in fact, are created through crisis. Death, illness, divorce, adoption: these are biggies, and Barbara Coloroso's (Kids Are Worth It!) book Parenting Through Crisis manages to turn these mountains into smaller slopes, if not the proverbial molehills we hope for.

The chapters of this book are arranged by type of crisis--quite helpful if you're looking for information on dealing with adoption and don't feel up to reading how to handle the death of a sibling. Inside each chapter, you'll find specific stages that children of different ages may go through in processing their difficulties, along with helpful parenting techniques, ways of creating a positive dialogue with all family members, and the occasional suggestion for particular legal issues. Pages are sprinkled heavily with appropriate quotes from many sources, and many parents may find a bit of memorization helpful in keeping their tempers. One chapter contains advice from Henry Ford that seems equally appropriate for assembly line or family drama: "Do not find fault, find a remedy." Coloroso encourages open communication at every opportunity, and her expertise in nonviolent conflict resolution shows itself with her suggestions of effective discipline and problem solving that leave blame and punishment in the dust. New language choices are a part of her techniques, and words like "co-parenting" and "primary responsibility" are emphasized instead of old school phrases like "joint" or "sole" custody. Parents in difficult situations should find a few quiet hours to spend with this book--it's not one to be quickly absorbed, but one to be used with planning and patience. --Jill Lightner

About the Author:

Barbara Coloroso is the author of the international bestseller Kids Are Worth It! and Parenting Through Crisis and is an acclaimed speaker on parenting, teaching, conflict, resolution, and grieving. Featured in Time, the New York Times, and on many radio and television shows, she lives with her husband in Littleton, Colorado.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherQuill
  • Publication date2001
  • ISBN 10 0060958146
  • ISBN 13 9780060958145
  • BindingPaperback
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages272
  • Rating

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Coloroso, Barbara
Published by Quill (2001)
ISBN 10: 0060958146 ISBN 13: 9780060958145
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Ebooksweb
(Bensalem, PA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. . Seller Inventory # 52GZZZ00CGLQ_ns

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 8.77
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Coloroso, Barbara
Published by Quill (2001)
ISBN 10: 0060958146 ISBN 13: 9780060958145
New Softcover Quantity: 17
Seller:
BookShop4U
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. . Seller Inventory # 5AUZZZ000TOR_ns

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 8.77
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Coloroso, Barbara
Published by Quill (2001)
ISBN 10: 0060958146 ISBN 13: 9780060958145
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Shakespeare Book House
(Rockford, IL, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. The item is Brand New!. Seller Inventory # 570TQW000T7U_ns

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 5.33
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.99
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Coloroso, Barbara
Published by Harper Collins (2001)
ISBN 10: 0060958146 ISBN 13: 9780060958145
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
BookOutlet
(Thorold, ON, Canada)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Paperback. Publisher overstock, may contain remainder mark on edge. Seller Inventory # 9780060958145B

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 7.01
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.25
From Canada to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

Coloroso, Barbara
Published by Quill (2001)
ISBN 10: 0060958146 ISBN 13: 9780060958145
New Soft Cover Quantity: 10
Seller:
booksXpress
(Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.)

Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780060958145

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 14.08
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

Coloroso, Barbara
ISBN 10: 0060958146 ISBN 13: 9780060958145
New Paperback or Softback Quantity: 5
Seller:
BargainBookStores
(Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Parenting Through Crisis: Helping Kids in Times of Loss, Grief, and Change 0.55. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780060958145

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 14.74
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Coloroso, Barbara
Published by Quill (2001)
ISBN 10: 0060958146 ISBN 13: 9780060958145
New Paperback Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Save With Sam
(North Miami, FL, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New!. Seller Inventory # 0060958146

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 16.05
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Coloroso, Barbara
Published by Quill (2001)
ISBN 10: 0060958146 ISBN 13: 9780060958145
New Softcover Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Lakeside Books
(Benton Harbor, MI, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books!. Seller Inventory # OTF-S-9780060958145

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 12.15
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.99
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Coloroso, Barbara
Published by Harper Collins Publishers (2001)
ISBN 10: 0060958146 ISBN 13: 9780060958145
New Softcover Quantity: > 20
Seller:
INDOO
(Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 0060958146

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 12.76
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.99
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Coloroso, Barbara
Published by Quill (2001)
ISBN 10: 0060958146 ISBN 13: 9780060958145
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GF Books, Inc.
(Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. Seller Inventory # 0060958146-2-1

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 16.99
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds

There are more copies of this book

View all search results for this book