Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child When a Parent is Sick

by Paula K. Rauch, Anna C. Muriel

For families with a seriously ill parent--advice on helping your children cope from two leading Harvard psychiatrists Based on a Massachusetts General Hospital program, Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child When a Parent is Sick covers how you can address children's concerns when a parent is seriously ill, how to determine how children with different temperaments are really feeling and how to draw them out, ways to ensure the child's financial and emotional security and reassure the child that he or she will be taken care of.

240 pages, Paperback

First published November 10, 2005

Reviews

[Daisy]

I think this is a must have book for all parents who have teenage or younger kids. This book covers topics from the beginning of illness to the end. Highly recommended.

[Hannah]

Excellent resource for families coping with various conditions.