Author(s): Erainna Winnett
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 40
Publisher: Counseling with Heart
Language: English
Date Published: 2014-06-10
Dimensions: 213.36 x 274.32 x 12.7mm
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Illustrations: Illustrations, black and white

Has your child been struggling with their emotions because of a recent or pending divorce? Have you found that your child has begun expressing more anger than usual because you and your spouse have decided to separate?
Divorce can be confusing for kids when their lives are suddenly disrupted by splitting their time between multiple homes. This can be an emotional time for children. This activity book was created to help kids whose parents are going through a divorce.
Using Mom or Dad's House: A Divorce Workbook for Kids, parents can work directly with their children (ages 8 to 12) as they process their feelings of anger, fear, disappointment, and guilt and learn to express them appropriately.
Withengaging drawings to capture children's interestactivities designed to help them foster healthy coping strategies to work through their overwhelming feelings of powerlessnessexercises to help them find appropriate ways to deal with their feelings and develop a positive self-image as they adjust to their new family situationvisual journaling and art therapy that help children focus on identifying the many feelings they may be experiencing and ways they can feel safe during a time of great change
By spending just ten minutes a day engaged with the more than thirty activities in this book, your child will learn to articulate their feelings and identify the best ways to express themselves. Get started today and help your see child cope with their new reality, while feeling loved and supported by both their parents.
What parents are saying
"After my husband and I split up, our son, who is ten years old, began screaming at his four-year-old sister. I talked with my own counselor who recommended this workbook. We've been working with it for about two months now and I've noticed that even though he still gets really mad, he's pausing for a moment before hurting his sister's feelings. I can almost see the wheels turning in his head. This book has helped us all pay attention to how we treat each other when we're feeling bad."
"I thought my ex-wife and I been doing a good job of telling our kids that they are not to blame for our divorce. But when their grades started going down, we realized we needed to do more. I found this activity book online and the kids work in it with me and their mom, and we're all talking about changes in a positive way now."
"My daughter and her husband are going through a difficult divorce and I've been keeping my grandkids more after school this spring. When they started being so quiet and refusing to talk about the divorce, I asked our neighbor who is a school counselor for help and she gave me Mom or Dad's House. Not only are the kids starting to talk more about how they feel, we have so much fun together after school working with this book. Thank you!"