Coping When a Parent Is Incarcerated
- ISBN-10
- 1508178984
- ISBN-13
- 9781508178989
- Category
- Young Adult Nonfiction
- Pages
- 114
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-07-15
- Publisher
- The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
- Author
- Carolyn DeCarlo
Description
In the year 2015, one in fourteen American children experienced life with a parent in jail. Combining objective facts with sensible guidance, this text navigates the subject of incarceration as it affects or has involved a parental figure. Readers will find themselves armed with both knowledge of and action for coping strategies. Special features, such as Myths and Facts and 10 Great Questions to Ask a Specialist, are designed to quickly inform and empower the reader. This book informs both those wishing to learn more in order to help a friend or classmate, and those struggling with parents in the system themselves.
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