Books for Children 8-12


Learn more about Mom's House, Dad's House for Kids : Feeling at Home in One Home or Two
Mom's House, Dad's House for Kids : Feeling at Home in One Home or Two
by Isolina Ricci

Isolina Ricci's Mom's House Dad's House" has been the gold standard for inspiring and supporting divorcing and remarrying parents for more than twenty-five years. With her new book Dr. Ricci adapts her time-tested advice on maneuvering the emotional logistical and legal realities of separation divorce and stepfamilies to speak directly to children. Alongside practical ways to cope with big changes she offers older children and their families key resiliency tools that kids can use now and the rest of their lives. Kids and families are encouraged to believe in themselves to take heart Mom's House, Dad's House for Kids is packed with practical tips, frank answers, easy-to-use lists, train your brain ideas, reproducible worksheets, and things to try when words just won't come out right. Kids will learn how to: Deal with parents living apart, schedules, and dueling house rules; Settle comfortably in one home or two; Stay out of the miserable middle when parents fight; Manage stress, guilt, change, fear, and other feelings; Stay connected with parents, relatives, and the right friends; Appreciate the gifts (and deal with the gripes) of their new version of family; and Feel better FAST! Kids can't get their parents back together, but they can help themselves get stronger and go on to succeed in life. This book shows them how.
   
$15.00


Learn more about Help! A Girl's Guide to Divorce and Stepfamilies
Help! A Girl's Guide to Divorce and Stepfamilies
by Nancy Holyoke & Scott Nash

A 2000 Parents' Choice® Recommended winner. The breakup of her parents can turn a girl's world upside down. This third title in the Help! Series answers girls' letters on every aspect of divorce - from the initial split-up to a parent's remarriage - and encourages conversation with parents when it's needed most. The book includes tips and quizzes, plus advice from girls who have wisdom to share.
   
$8.95


Learn more about The Divorce Helpbook for Kids
The Divorce Helpbook for Kids
by Cynthia MacGregor

It's in the news every day: divorce is tough on kids. MacGregor knows how tough, and she has prepared a down-to-earth guide that genuinely helps. This is not just a book for kids about divorce, though. It's a book about life after divorce, too. The kids in MacGregor's book are dealing with visitation and custody and straddling two households and making it all work. Maybe it isn't easy, but it is possible and it is necessary. Included are discussions about many topics troubling kids when their parents divorce: reasons parents get divorced; ways the divorce will change kids' lives; kids' feelings about divorce; things kids can do to help them feel better; who to talk to; what's likely to happen next. Written in a reader-friendly, warm, down-to-earth style for children whose parents are divorcing, THE DIVORCE HELPBOOK FOR KIDS will also be useful for: divorcing parents who want to help kids understand; grandparents of divorced children; child and family therapists.
   
$12.95


Learn more about My Parents Are Getting Divorced: How to Keep It Together When Your Mom and Dad Are Splitting Up
My Parents Are Getting Divorced: How to Keep It Together When Your Mom and Dad Are Splitting Up
by Florence Cadier; Melissa Daly; Claire Gandini

Explains the feelings and questions shared by young adults whose parents are getting divorced, the changes that could occur, and how to deal with them. Includes hotline numbers. Written with candor and humor, the Sunscreen series offers preteens and teens advice on the topics that interest them most in a compact, highly illustrated paperback that fits conveniently in a purse, backpack, or messenger bag. Not too glib and not overly serious, the Sunscreen books deliver just the right information, and the freedom and protection that come with it.
   
$9.00


Learn more about Divorce Happens To The Nicest Kids
Divorce Happens To The Nicest Kids
by Michael S. Prokop

sychologist Michael S. Prokop explains divorce in a positive and reassuring manner as he consicely disproves fourteen irrational false beliefs concerning divorce that often cause children and adolescents to feel anxious, guilty, nervous and depressed. After each false belief the "parent's section" discusses important recommendations for divorcing parents. The book takes the reader, step-by-step, from "false Belief" to "True Statement" as it discusses such critical issues as causes of divorce, parental problems and remarriage, living with one parent, fears of abandonment, living on less money, academic regression, mood swings, support people, and more.
   
$14.95

 
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