When Mom and Dad Divorce:: An Elf-Help Book for Kids

by Emily Menendez-Aponte and R.W. Alley

Book Overview

Elf-help Books for Kids - Addressing the needs of children and the adults who care for them. Written by Emily Menendez-Aponte. Divorce isn't easy on anyone, least of all children. When Mom and Dad... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870293338
• ISBN13: 9780870293337
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Abbey Press
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Mentions God

In looking at reviews on Amazon, I see that the book encourages children to pray to God for help in handling their feelings. All prospective buyers should know this and be able to decide if that is a message they want to bring into their home.

This book is right on target

Under almost any circumstances, divorce is difficult and emotionally draining. When children are involved, the parents' added concern about them can make the situation seem almost overwhelming.Each child ultimately must find his or her own way to accept the reality of the divorce and come to terms with that new reality. Nothing makes the process easy, but this little book can help. In a tone that's a beautiful balance of frankness and warmth, it says the things a wise and loving older friend might say. It acknowledges the sadness everyone is feeling, it talks about how things may be different in the future, and it conveys two messages the child needs to hear. The first is: "Things will be different, but they'll work out OK." And the second is, "You're not alone."

A Child's Self-Help Guide To Divorce

When Mom and Dad Divorce: An Elf-Help Book for Kids is a must read for families undergoing the trauma of divorce. Written with sensitivity, the book covers the whole range of emotions children experience when they learn of an upcoming divorce. It is a book children can turn to over and over again as they progress through their own stages of divorce recovery. It is filled with the reassuring messages that children of divorcing parents need to hear. And it is as artistically beautiful as it is emotionally satisfying. I wish I had this book to read to my children when our family was going through divorce.