Connect for Kids always tries to bring the best of the Web to our site visitors, when it comes to helping you understand the issues facing children and take action to address them. But we haven’t forgotten that in the beginning, there were books. Here in Book Corner, we'll continue to gather an array of book related information for you, including reviews; online chats with authors; and comments and suggestions (see below [1]) from you about books and authors worth checking out.
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Many of the incarcerated men and women in this country are parents. Their children pay a high price – and with almost two-and-a-half million children experiencing the loss of a parent to the criminal justice system, it’s a price that is also paid by schools, neighborhoods, and extended families.
[6]Gail Griffith tells an unsparing tale of her son Will’s attempt to kill himself, and the complicated road to recovery.
[9]Carolyn Lehman presents the stories of survivors of sexual abuse. The accounts of abuse are unflinching, but the focus is on healing and eventual recovery.
[12]Twenty adoptive parents – all of them professional writers, but otherwise presenting a broad range of voices and views – contributed to this powerful collection of stories about the fears, joys, pains and triumphs of adoptive families.
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Jewel: I would like to tell you about my new children's grief recovery book titled "Flying Hugs and Kisses". "Flying Hugs and Kisses" is about five children who creatively take on roles of support toward each other while showing their individual feelings about the death of their baby brother. The book also addresses in simple terms the issues surrounding Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
One out of every 10 children in the U.S. has a parent under the supervision of the criminal justice system. Yet little attention has been paid to this vulnerable population. Join award-winning journalist Nell Bernstein to talk about the lives of the children of incarcerated parents, how law and policy exacerbate the damage to family bonds, and emerging proposals to recognize children’s need for parental contact.
In her new non-fiction book Strong at the Heart, Carolyn Lehman, the author of the 1986 novel Promise Not to Tell, collects the stories of nine survivors of childhood sexual abuse, who speak candidly both about their suffering and about the ways they found to heal and move on with their lives. Lehman has spent years talking with other abuse survivors from all walks of life, and offers a unique perspective on this difficult topic.
This provocative collection of 20 essays by adoptive parents about their widely varying experiences was edited by Pamela Kruger and Jill Smolowe. (Publisher: Riverhead, 2005) Kruger and Smolowe join us for a discussion of the book—and some of the authors will also chime in to answer your questions.
In his book (Harvard University Press), Martin Guggenheim offers an analysis of the most significant debates in the children’s rights movement – from foster care to adoption to visitation rights and beyond. How well does the "best interests of the child" standard work as a meaningful test for deciding disputes about children? How do "children's rights" sometimes become a screen for adult interests? Guggenheim, a professor of clinical law at NYU, has been at the forefront of the national discussion about children’s rights for decades. He’ll be live online with CFK to answer your questions.