Helping Children Cope with Stress

The number and intensity of childhood stresses have dramatically increased in the past decade, forcing children to grow up faster. This book reasserts the value of childhood, and provides the information needed to help children deal with life's problems.

List of Tables. Preface. Stress and Coping in Childhood. Stress in Two-Parent Families. Stress in One-Parent Families. Stress in Multi-Parent Families. Permanent Separation: Death and Adoption. Temporary Separation. Divorce. Physical and Emotional Abuse. Neglect. Sexual Abuse and Sexual Exploitation. Child Victims of Parental Alcoholism. Helping Strategies for Nontherapists.