Books for Kids in Conflict
BOOK: Good Parents, Tough Times How Your Catholic Faith Provides Hope
and Guidance in Times of Crisis
Author: Charlene C. Giannetti & Margaret Sagarese
Summary:
- Examines the rich Catholic spiritual tradition in this guide for parents of children in crisis.
- Focuses on the spiritual well-being of the parent as much as the behavior of the child. The authors draw parallels between the real-life struggles parents face today and those endured by the saints.
- Detailing how the qualities that enabled the saints to face great troubles—charity, knowledge, faith, hope, patience, serenity, truth, and humility—can sustain parents dealing with serious problems in their families.
- Explores how these virtues can strengthen resolve, temper anger, restore energy, and foster open and honest communication between parents and children.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter One: Charity
Chapter Two: Knowledge
Chapter Three: Faith
Chapter Four: Hope
Chapter Five: Patience
Chapter Six: Serenity
Chapter Seven: Truth
Chapter Eight: Humility
Appendix
Resources
BOOK: Parenting With Wit & Wisdom In Times of Chaos & Loss
Author: Barbara Coloroso
Summary:
- Offers opportunities for parents to practice the keys to good parenting: treating kids with respect; giving them a sense of positive power in their own lives; giving them opportunities to make decisions, take responsibility for their own actions, and learn from their own success and mistakes.
- Reveals how daily routines get overshadowed by tragic or traumatic events, it is these same keys that can help children through the chaos and loss.
- Helps parents navigate family waters when they get turbulent. What do we tell out children when their grandfather or mother or sibling dies? How do we handle a serious illness or disability that affects the whole family? How do we break the news of a divorce? And how do we make room for our children’s feelings and needs when we are struggling with our own grief?
Table of Contents
Introduction
A Path Through Grief
Death: Helping Kids Mourn
A Journey of the Heart: Acute Illness, Chronic Illness, and Disability
Divorce
Families Born of Loss and Hope
Mistakes, Mischief, and Mayhem
Life Lessons
Index
