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If you're looking for further information, guidance or advice on grandparenting, turn to these grandparent gurus. We did! All served on the review committee for Grandparenting: Enriching Lives, offering input and suggestions based on years of experience and study of grandparenting.
Lillian Carson
Helene Block Fields
Arthur Kornhaber
Sylvie de Toledo
Bernice Weissbourd
Kathryn and Allan Zullo
Lillian Carson, D.S.W., L.C.S.W
Dr. Lillian Carson is an authority on child development, parenting and grandparenting. She is the author of the Parent's Choice award-winning books, The Essential Grandparent: A Guide To Making A Difference and The Essential Grandparent's Guide To Divorce: Making A Difference In The Family, Dr. Lillian Carson is also the recipient of ForeWord Magazine's Best Self-Help Book of 1999.
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Helene Block Fields
A professor emeritus in early childhood education at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines, Illinnois, Helene Fields has been a pioneer in establishing intergenerational and grandparenting programs. A graduate of Erikson Institute of Loyola University, Helene Block Fields' background includes seven years of teaching in elementary school and 21 years teaching at the college level.
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Arthur Kornhaber, M.D.
A clinician, researcher, and medical writer, Dr. Arthur Kornhaber is a child and family psychiatrist as well as president and founder of the Foundation for Grandparenting.
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Sylvie de Toledo
Founder of the organization Grandparents As Parents and co-president of the National Coalition of Grandparents, Sylvie de Toledo is also the founder of the California Coalition of Grandparents and Relative Caregivers where she currently serves on the organization's board.
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Bernice Weissbourd
An early childhood educator and founder of Family Focus, Bernice Weissbourd created Family Support America, a national organization serving as a resource on family support programs and policies. Ms. Weissbourd has co-authored American Family Support Programs (1987) and Putting Families First: America's Family Support Movement and the Challenge of Change (1994). She is a contributing editor to Parents Magazine.
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Kathryn and Allan Zullo
The authors of The Nanas and the Papas: A Boomers' Guide to Grandparenting (Andrews McMeel Publishing), Allan Zullo is the author of more than 70 non-fiction books and Kathryn Zullo is an editorial researcher.
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