Kate Can't Stop: A Children's Book about Addiction and Recovery

Kate Can't Stop: A Children's Book about Addiction and Recovery

$20.00

Explaining addiction to young children is challenging. This addiction book for kids helps children comprehend a loved one's alcoholism or drug addiction recovery. "No matter what Kate did, she could not stop." Using pants as an approachable metaphor, a weary Kate describes how her new comfortable pants make her feel strong, confident, and like she could finally relax. Kate loves how she feels in her new pants so much she keeps buying more . . . and more . . . and more. Her family is worried. And Kate knows she needs help. In this kid's book about addiction, learn how: to talk about the disease of addiction with family. to understand the actions and behaviors of a loved one with addiction. time away from home in treatment can help people get healthy. Author and illustrator Kate Hammer uses her experience as a mother and an alcoholic seeking treatment to help other families make their way through recovery. She acknowledges the sadness and frustration that children feel when their loved ones seek help for addiction, and she offers the shining hope that recovery and healing are possible. With beautiful illustrations by the author, this book about addiction recovery gives young children both the language and the optimism they need when someone they love is struggling with addiction.

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