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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Author’s Note xi
- Foreword xiii
- Introduction Grandparents into the Breach 1
- One The Cangrands Campout: A Great-Grandmother’s Love Leaps Three Generation Gaps 15
- Two Child Welfare: Keep Out! 33
- Three The Pride of Grandparents: A Support Group Meets 49
- Four Foster Care: Parenting by the Dozen 73
- Five Healing from Broken Attachments 85
- Six A Family Dinner: Triggers on the Menu 103
- Seven Indigenous Grandparenting: One Foot in Each Canoe 117
- Eight On the Reserve 133
- Nine Dances with Ants 153
- Ten A Three-Generation Brain Dance 165
- Eleven Raising a Skipped-Generation fasd Child 181
- Twelve In the Line of Fire: Shell Shock and Self-Care 201
- Thirteen I Survive, I Rescue, I Organize: The Roaring Grandma 213
- Fourteen Thank You, Grandma 227
- Fifteen Caseworkers’ Conflicting Priorities: Closing Files vs. Helping Children 239
- Sixteen Grandparents and the Survival of the Species 251
- Some Grandparenting Resources 261
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Author’s Note xi
- Foreword xiii
- Introduction Grandparents into the Breach 1
- One The Cangrands Campout: A Great-Grandmother’s Love Leaps Three Generation Gaps 15
- Two Child Welfare: Keep Out! 33
- Three The Pride of Grandparents: A Support Group Meets 49
- Four Foster Care: Parenting by the Dozen 73
- Five Healing from Broken Attachments 85
- Six A Family Dinner: Triggers on the Menu 103
- Seven Indigenous Grandparenting: One Foot in Each Canoe 117
- Eight On the Reserve 133
- Nine Dances with Ants 153
- Ten A Three-Generation Brain Dance 165
- Eleven Raising a Skipped-Generation fasd Child 181
- Twelve In the Line of Fire: Shell Shock and Self-Care 201
- Thirteen I Survive, I Rescue, I Organize: The Roaring Grandma 213
- Fourteen Thank You, Grandma 227
- Fifteen Caseworkers’ Conflicting Priorities: Closing Files vs. Helping Children 239
- Sixteen Grandparents and the Survival of the Species 251
- Some Grandparenting Resources 261