Table of Contents

Introduction, Chapter I: The Grandparent Relationship, Chapter 2: Common Concerns, Chapter 3: Grandparenting: A Developing Relationship, Chapter 4: Created in Our Own Image: Choosing Our Grandparenting Style, Chapter 5: Vital Roles, Chapter 6: Distance Is Only Relative^ Especially If You're the Relative, Chapter 7: It Pays to Visit!, Chapter 8: Giving Wisely, Chapter 9: Families in Many Shapes and Sizes, Chapter 10: Going It Alone: Single-Parent Families, Chapter 11: Until Divorce Do Us Part, Chapter 12: Starting Over: Grandparents as Parents, Chapter 13: Like a Passing Shadow, Afterword, Resources

About the Author

Ruth K Westheimer is a psychosexual therapist best known for pioneering the field of media psychology with her radio and television shows. While the world has long turned to "Dr. Ruth" for answers to sex-related questions, her doctorate from Columbia Teacher's College is on the study of the family and ever since becoming a grandmother herself, she has devoted part of her recent activities to exploring this stage of human relations, first with a book aimed at children, Dr. Ruth Talks AboutGrandparents, and then with a documentary, No MissingLinks, which examines how grandparents have transmitted traditional values from generation to generation. In the field of sexuality, she continues her private practice in New York City where she resides, and answers people's questions with her syndicated column and on the Internet at drruth.com and parenttime.com. She has two children and three grandchildren.

Steven Kaplan is currently Associate Professor in Comparative Religion and African Studies at the Hebrew University. He has been a Visiting Fellow at Boston University and Harvard University. His previous books include a co-authored work with Dr. Ruth Westheimer, On Surviving Salvation: TheEthiopian Jewish Family in Transition (1992), and an edited collection, Indigenous Responses to WesternChristianity (1995).

Reviews

"The guide offers practical tips for having a successful and rewarding relationship with your children's children." -- Lebanon
"'Dr. Ruth' Westheimer does what she does best, presenting thorough, commonsense, well-organized advice filled with lots of love all around...highly recommended." -- LibraryJournal
"The comprehensive guide for grandparenting into the 21st century from the one-and-only Dr. Ruth--a great present for grandparents as well as grandparents-to-be." -- Berkeley Express