Grandmothering: Real Life in Real Families by Sarah, Becky

Grandmothering: Real Life in Real Families (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780989791809)

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Format: Paperback
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Grandmothering: Real Life in Real Families by Sarah, Becky

Grandmothering: Real Life in Real Families

$15.00
Grandmothering: Real Life in Real Families by Sarah, Becky

Grandmothering: Real Life in Real Families

$15.00
Format: Paperback
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Grandmothering: Real Life in Real Families, is a unique book for grandmothers with in-depth look at the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of grandmothers today, based on more than 80 interviews, with information, tips, and advice about the challenges and joys-both contemporary and timeless. The book is comprehensive; it covers giving advice and help to the grandchildren's parents, changes in the social context and customs of parenting over the generations, taking care of grandchildren, getting along with the other grandparents, money and gifts, travel with children, passing on culture and family history, how and when to say no, and many other topics. It's about all kinds of families, including adoptive families, gay and lesbian parents, stepfamilies and multiracial families.

Author: Becky Sarah
ISBN-10: 0989791807
ISBN-13: 9780989791809
Publisher: Whittier Street Press
Language: English
Published: 09/19/2013
Pages: 292
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d
By Becky Sarah
By Becky Sarah
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Becky Sarah has worked with women, children, and families for decades. After receiving a B. S. in Child Development from the University of Wisconsin, she began her career teaching in parent cooperative free schools, and in day care centers. Later, as a midwife and childbirth educator, she attended births both at home and in the hospital. She received a Masters in Public Health from Boston University, served as the Public Health Director for the city of Chelsea, Massachusetts and has worked as a program evaluator, program developer, and parent educator at Boston area hospitals, Planned Parenthood, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. She has two children and three grandchildren and lives with her husband in Cambridge Massachusetts.

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