Download or read book How to Help Children Through a Parent's Serious Illness written by Kathleen McCue, M.A., C.C.L.S. and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Help Children Through a Parent's Serious Illness has become the standard work on an important subject. A classic for over fifteen years, it continues to be a go-to book for supportive, practical advice, based on the lifetime experience and clinical practice of one of America 's leading child life practitioners. Fully revised and updated, this new edition also explores the major issues and developments from the last decade that affect children today, including the dangers and opportunities of the Internet, a deeper understanding of how hereditary diseases affect children, the impact of the nation's explosive growth in single-parent families, and new insights into how family trauma and a parent's mental illness may affect children.