How to Help Children Through a Parent's Serious Illness

Kathleen McCue, M.A., C.C.L.S., with Ron Bonn

St. Martin's Griffin

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Offering supportive, practical advice from a leading child-life specialist, this book includes information such as what to tell a child about the illness, how to recognize early-warning signs in a child's drawings, sleep patterns, schoolwork and eating habits, and when and where to get professional help. Illustrations & Calvin & Hobbes cartoons.

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Praise for How to Help Children Through a Parent's Serious Illness

"This practical handbook prepares parents to address children's fears with absolute honest and profound empathy."--Booklist

"Offers detailed guidance."--The New York Times

"A fine and long-needed guide."--Betty Rollin, author of First, You Cry, and Last Wish

"McCue and Bonn should earn the gratitude of generations of young people for whom the tragedy of a parent's loss will be eased by this volume's sage advice."--Walter Cronkite

"A practical, eloquent, and compassionate guide, written with enduring respect for the wisdom and strength of children."--Mary Alice Williams

"I hope you never need this book, but if you do, use it, trust it. It could help your children for the rest of your lives."--Bill Kurtis

"Clearly written and richly researched, this book is a true how-to manual, exploring specific scenarios and offering step-by-step advice. It is sensitive to the needs of different age groups, family situations, and types of illness."--Connie Chung

"I loved the book. It takes difficult concepts about a difficult subject and presents them humanely and with clarity."--Richard Thompson, Ph.D., past president of the Child Life Council, and author of the only book on the theory of child life practice

"[A] comprehensive and compassionate approach to one of the most neglected areas in psychological health care. It is a work to which I plan on referring families and professionals."--Ernest R. Katz, Ph.D., Director, Psychosocial and Behavioral Sciences, Jonathan Jacques Children's Cancer Center

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Kathleen McCue, M.A., C.C.L.S., with Ron Bonn

Kathleen McCue, M.A., C.C.L.S., is supervisor of the child life program at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and past president of the National Child Life Council, her profession's international association. She lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

Ron Bonn has won three Emmy awards for his work as a TV news producer and writer. He lives in Closter, New Jersey.

Kathleen McCue, M.A., C.C.L.S.
Ron Bonn

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How to Help Children Through a Parent's Serious Illness
Kathleen McCue, M.A., C.C.L.S., with Ron Bonn

Trade Paperback

Trade Paperback
St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Griffin
August 1996
Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780312146191
ISBN10: 0312146191
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 240 pages, Black-and-white illustrations throughout
$15.99
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