Lenora Madison Poe, Ph.D., is a Licensed Marriage, Family, and Child Therapist at the West Coast Children’s Center in Albany, California, with a private practice in Berkeley.
Dr. Poe leads a Grandparents as Parents (GAP) support group in Oakland whose members have suddenly found themselves thrust a second time around into the role of parents as their sons or daughters have fallen victim to the “crack” cocaine epidemic.
“In Black Grandparents as Parents, Dr. Poe focuses in depth on the enormous adjustments that grandparents must make as they struggle to rescue their innocent grandchildren from repeating the self-destructive cycle of their parents. This informative and thought-provoking book should be helpful to anyone, whether professional or participant, who is in any way involved with or concerned about this social tragedy.”