Grandparents as Parents (eBook)

Sylvie de Toledo, LCSW, BCD, is Founder and Clinical Director of Grandparents As Parents, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles, California, and is a recognized expert on issues affecting grandparents and other relative caregivers. She has received awards and other honors from organizations including the Alliance for Children's Rights, the Southern California Psychiatric Society, the United States Senate's Special Committee on Aging, and the California Coalition of Relative Caregivers. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughters. Her website is www.grandparentsasparents.org.Deborah Edler Brown is an award-winning journalist and poet based in Los Angeles. She was a long-time reporter for Time magazine and has written for numerous other publications, including Psychiatric Times.

IntroductionI. When the Second Shift Arrives1. Unplanned Parenthood: "Why Me?"2. Taking Immediate Action3. Your Lifestyle: Changed and Challenged4. Family at Large: Your Spouse and Other Children5. Your Adult Child6. Your Troubled Grandchild7. Your Grandchild and the School8. The Drug Epidemic at Home9. When Parents Get Their Children BackII. Through the Red Tape10. Grandparenting and the Law11. Child Protection and the Dependency System12. Government Aid and Public Assistance13. Special Education and Early InterventionIII. Strength in Numbers14. Their Arms about Us: Finding and Forming Support Groups15. ConclusionAppendix A. Resources for Grandparents and Relative CaregiversAppendix B. Conversation Topics for Grandparent Support GroupsAppendix C. Poem: Thank You to the Relatives of The Crying Woman