Susan Farber Straus

This is a book for children who have experienced parental neglect and have been taking care of many things on their own.

This Note To Parents, Caregivers, and Professionals that accompanies the Magination Press book Somebody Cares explains what is currently known about neglect — the most common form of child maltreatment — and how it affects a child's immediate and long-term development including his or her feelings, behavior, relationships with others, and sense of self and the world.

Sensitive and empowering, this book models therapeutic coping responses and provides tools children may use to deal with their own trauma.