Listening to Families: Thompson Family: Hanging in There: Two Generations with Altered Priorities

Resource Type

Video - Parent

Description

"A single father and his parents. The child, a boy of 18 months, has serious asthma (he was ill and not able to participate). The father has returned to live with his parents, who share in care-giving for their grandson. The focus is on the boy's medical condition, the attitudes of medical staff towards the family, financial difficulties, communication, and tensions over the shared responsibilities and altered priorities of the grandparents. The family is middle-class, European-American. Setting: church parlor. Family Consultant: Eric McCollum, Ph.D." -Child Development Media, Inc.

Ages

All Ages

Age Groups

Adulthood (22+)

Languages

English

Availability

• Child Development Media, Inc. - An extensive collection of video tapes and training materials concerning parenting and children.
  http://www.childdevmedia.com