Alone after School : A Self-Care Guide for Latchkey Children and Their Parents

New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1985. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 200 p. Written for all working parents, this family workbook helps you design a self-care program with your children's health, safety and well-being in mind. Provides you with the tools you need to judge your children's readiness for being on their own and help them cope with any situation that may arise. Partial Contents: Guilty Parents? - An honest appraisal of parental "guilt" and how to handle it.; Emotional Health - Solutions to common problems that can be tailored to the family's individual situation.; Familiar Feeling - Suggestions for dealing with fear, loneliness and boredom.; Feeling Good In Self-Care - Morale-building tips regarding rules, responsibilities, and necessary restrictions for your child in self-care.; Physical Safety - Using the four steps to safety and the telephone as security aides.; Your Home - How to deal with everything from fire to scary noises to lost keys.; Brothers and Sisters - Helping siblings get along together in self-care.; The Young Teen - How to deal with social stresses often experienced by the adolescent in self-care.; Is My Child ready? - How to assess whether your child will do well on his/her own.; How To Design Your Self-Care Plan - Models of plans and family contracts to help you tailor self-care to your child's needs.; and For Kid's Only - A discussion aid for parents and kids to be used as an ongoing part of your self-care program..