Books for Grandparents and Relative Caregivers

• Black Grandparents as Parents. Poe, Lerona. Berkley, CA. (1992).
  A study of 14 grandparents caring for their grandchildren and the effects on the grandparents.
• Directory of Services for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Support Groups and Other Supportive Interventions for Grandparent Caregivers. DC: The Brookdale Foundation. Minkler, M., Driver, D. & Roe, K. (1994). 126 East 56th Street, New York, New York 10022-3668 (212) 308-7355.
  Comprehensive service guide of the national, regional, and local coalitions for grandparent caregivers. Also includes related organizations, periodicals, articles and other resources.
• Grandmothers as Caregivers: Raising Children of the Crack Cocaine Epidemic. Newbury Park, CA. Meredith Minkler, Sage. (1995).
• Grandparenting by Grace: A Guide Through the Joys and Struggles. TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers. Endicott, I. (1994).
  Commentary based on personal experiences and interviews of grandparents. Covers interesting suggestions and advice on how to deal with single parenting in the 90’s. Comments are supported with Bible passages and a personal "Grace Principle."
• Grandparenting Redefined: Guidance for Today’s Changing Family. WA: Aglow Publications. Endicott, I. (1992).
  Deals with problems of grandparents cast in a non-traditional role of raising grandchildren. Addresses issues of rights, personal, emotional, and spiritual resources, and re-parenting.
• Grandparents as Parents: A Survival Guide for Raising a Second Family. Sylvie de Toledo. The Guilford Press, New York, (1995).
  Examines the needs of the grandparents and children in their new relationship and offers insight on how to work on concrete problems. Walks the reader through various assistance programs, explaining what should happen, what will really happen, and how to work through the system.
• "Raising Our Children’s Children" Deborah Doucette-Dudman. Fairview Press, MN, (1996).
• Relatives Raising Children: A Guide to Finding Help and Hope. Marianne Takas. The Brookdale Foundation, (1998).
  Information and ideas you may find useful. Tells about people and services that can help.
• "To Grandma’s House, We …Stay: When You Have to Stop Spoiling Your Grandchildren and Start Raising Them" Sally Houtman, M.S. Studio 4 Productions, CA (1999).
  A practical guide for grandparents which leads them through the obstacle course of emotions, conflicts, and social and practical considerations that lie ahead of them.
• Unplanned Parenthood: The Confessions of a Seventy-Something Surrogate Mother. NY: Random House. Carpenter, L. (1994).
  A humorous account of a 73-year-old grandmother raising her three teenage grandchildren.