From the author of the classic Momâs House, Dadâs House, the essential guide for kids on how to stay strong and succeed in life when parents separate, divorce, or get married again.
Isolina Ricciâs Momâs House, Dadâs 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. Isa 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, and to plan for their lives ahead.
Momâs House, Dadâs House for Kids is packed with practical tips, frank answers, easy-to-use lists, âtrain your brainâ ideas, reproducible worksheets, and things to try when words just wonât 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 âmiserable middleâ when parents fight
¡ Manage stress, guilt, change, fear, and other feelings
¡ Stay connected with parents, relatives, and the ârightâ friends
¡ Appreciate the gifts (and deal with the gripes) of their new version of family
¡ Feel better FAST!
Kids canât get their parents back together, but they can help themselves get stronger and go on to succeed in life. This book shows them how.