Chapters in this book

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