Children's Book About Parent's Addiction
Helping Children Cope with a Parent's Addiction
Timbi Talks about Addiction is a softcover 32 page superbly illustrated picture book designed to help children cope with a parent’s substance abuse. Through Timbi, children learn that: addiction is a disease, it is not their fault, their varied emotions are valid. Timbi teaches them coping skills that they can use whether they are alone, or with a trusted adult to give them a much-needed sense of control in a chronically stressful environment. Timbi has been nationally recognized as an ideal resource to help families, teachers, counselors, physicians, judges, and advocates in the fight against the long-term damaging impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
Children's Book About The disease of Addiction
Penning for Hope's Review
A Sickness You Can’t See by Laura Washington offers a framework for a difficult to understand and even more difficult to discuss topic - the disease of addiction. It lends words to a relatable story line that is all too familiar but does so with love and in the absence of judgement. It provides reassurance to children that they’re not alone in their experiences, which can be healing and comforting in itself. If there is any hope for slowing the spread of the disease of addiction, we must talk about - early, often and without stigma and judgement.
Children's Book about NAS
Sam the Superhero and his Super Life
An uplifting story about a boy named Sam and his sidekick stuffed dog, Hercules! Sam lives with his grandparents and has good and bad days like any child, made worse because he was born substance-exposed. But similar to a superhero, Sam has his own super courage and great strength. With his loving grandparents, friends, and Hercules, Sam finds the support he needs to succeed.
Book for pre-teens & Teens About Family Addiction
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka
In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through with raising children until Jarrett came along.
Jarrett goes through his childhood trying to make his non-normal life as normal as possible, finding a way to express himself through drawing even as so little is being said to him about what's going on. Only as a teenager can Jarrett begin to piece together the truth of his family, reckoning with his mother and tracking down his father.
Hey, Kiddo is a profoundly important memoir about growing up in a family grappling with addiction, and finding the art that helps you survive.
