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Arent, Ruth P. – 1985
The booklet examines the effects of parental and family stress on gifted children. Four areas of family turmoil are covered: (1) separation and divorce, (2) death and dying, (3) violence, and (4) serious family illness. Problems are addressed in terms of considerations for preschool, school-aged, and high school gifted students. The first section,…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Death, Diseases, Divorce
Peer reviewedHonig, Alice Sterling – Young Children, 1986
Reviews research on the components and stages of stress in the lives of children, identifying three stages and six categories of stress factors: personal child variables, ecological stressors, socioeconomic status, catastrophes and terrors, family events, and spouse problems. (KS)
Descriptors: Coping, Death, Ecological Factors, Family Environment
Berman, Claire – 1986
Based on interviews with hundreds of remarried men and women, this guide to stepparenting realistically acknowledges the fears, doubts, and difficulties that affect the stepparenting situation, and offers practical help and insight into the many accompanying challenges and rewards. Following an introduction that acknowledges how few role-models…
Descriptors: Child Custody, Child Rearing, Childhood Needs, Death
