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Consumers/clients: Family: Parent-child or -grandchild
Body
Mind
	Bottke, Allison, Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children: Six Steps to Hope and Healing for Struggling Parents
		Harvest House, 2008, $12.99 http://www.amazon.com/Setting-Boundaries-Your-Adult-Children/dp/0736921354/ref=pd_sim_b_5 A worthwhile book if your children suffer from addictions or other personal issues that are beyond your control.
	Celdrán, Montserrat, et al, "My Grandparent Has Dementia’: How Adolescents Perceive Their Relationship With Grandparents With a Cognitive Impairment", Journal of Applied Gerontology, June 2011 (Voo. 30, No. 3)
		http://jag.sagepub.com/content/30/3/332.abstract This Spanish study found that while the dementia process has a negative impact on the relationship between grandparent and grandchildren, in some cases there was also potential for positive changes, mainly related to the ability to keep emotional contact and express positive emotions.
	Forward, Susan, Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
		Bantam, 2002, $16.00 http://www.amazon.com/Toxic-Parents-Overcoming-Hurtful-Reclaiming/dp/0553381407%3FSubscriptionId%3D02E5W5871AJF7PMMMS82%26tag%3Dquitipfroadvw-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0553381407 Forward helps those who need it deal with the pain of childhood and move beyond the frustrating relationship patterns learned at home.
	Greenbaum, Judith, Life Planning for Adults with Developmental Disabilities: A Guide for Parents and Family Members
		New Harbinger Publications, 2007, $19.95 http://www.amazon.com/Life-Planning-Adults-Developmental-Disabilities/dp/1572244518/ref=pd_sim_b_8 Greenbaum deals with lifestyle issues for the developmentally disabled adult.
	Staff, Phyllis, "Five Ways to Manage Difficult Elders", 2003
		http://www.howtoadvice.com/DifficultElders, Free Five thngs you can do yourself to put you in the right frame of mind and have a positive affect.
Heart
Money
Home
Structure
	Rainey, Barbara, and Yates, Susan, Barbara & Susan's Guide to the Empty Nest: Discovering New Purpose, Passion & Your Next Great Adventure
		Family Life Publishing, 2008, $19.99 http://www.amazon.com/Barbara-Susans-Guide-Empty-Nest/dp/1602000603/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276261853&sr=1-1 Rainey and Yates help you work through how you might feel when your children have all flown the coop, and what you can do next.
	Stewart, Jay, Timing of Maternal Work and Time with Children, The
		U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 2009, Free http://www.bls.gov/osmr/pdf/ec090030.pdf Stewart finds that employed mothers shift enriching childcare time from workdays to nonwork days. On workdays, full-time employed parents shift enriching childcare time toward evenings, but there is little shifting among part-time employed mothers.
Other / general / not specified
	GrandFacts: Data, Interpretation, and Implications for Caregivers
		Generations United, December 2009, Free http://www.gu.org/documents/A0/GrandFacts_Report.pdf This report provides data and other information about families where grandchildren live with grandparents, but not parents, and discusses implications for caregiving, housing, and education.
	MetLife Report on American Grandparents: New Insights for a New Generation of Grandparents
		MetLife Mature Market Institute, July 2011, Free http://www.metlife.com/assets/cao/mmi/publications/studies/2011/mmi-american-grandparents.pdf This provides interesting insights about U.S. grandparents, including that a majority of grandparents are now of the Baby Boom generation, and that blacks, Hispanics, and Asians are considerably under-represented in the grandparent group, compared to younger age cohorts.