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Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
WISHES AND WORRIES : A STORY TO HELP CHILDREN UNDERSTAND A PARENT WHO DRINKS TOO MUCH ALCOHOL
Toronto : The Center, 2005
IL 3-6
ISBN 0888684932
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Children have lots of questions when someone in their family drinks too much alcohol. Sometimes they just don’t have the answers and alcohol problems often become the family secret that nobody talks about. To help children understand their parents’ problems with alcohol, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, (CAMH), has recently published the first storybook of its kind developed in Canada, called “Wishes and Worries”.
                   “Wishes and Worries “ is written for children aged 5 to 10 years old, for use by parents, extended family, teachers and professionals who want to address the impact of a parent's problem with alcohol in children's lives.  The book answers children's questions such as: “Does dad drink so much because of me?,” “Is dad’s drinking problem going to get worse?,” and “ Is my family different?”
                    Wonderfully illustrated by Ben Hodson, this new storybook explores alcohol problems through the story of Maggie, an 8-year-old girl who wishes and worries that her father doesn't ruin her ninth birthday party the same way he ruined her last birthday. Maggie discovers that her father drinks too much alcohol, and through the help of family, friends, and professionals, Maggie gains a better understanding of her father’s problem.
(Susan Rosenstein,  susan_rosenstein@camh.net, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health)
SUBJECTS:     Alcoholism.
                        Children of alchoholics.

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