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Kids
First: What Kids Want Grown-Ups
to
Know about Separation and Divorce
-written by Kids First Center, Portland, ME
"Kids have a lot to say and
we have collected a wealth of helpful tips and advice
based upon years of kids sharing what they'd like
to tell their parents, teachers, counselors, therapists,
and their parents' attorneys about what this process
of divorce and separation feels like to them. And now
we would like to share this message with you."
-Peg Libby,
Executive Director
Kids First Center of Portland, ME
Topics Include
- What separation feels like to kids
- Listening to children
- Telling kids about the separation
- Steps toward a healthy co-parenting partnership
- Kids' residence
- Kids' transitions
- Holidays and celebrations
- Parental anger
- New relationships, new families
- The legal system - courts, lawyers and kids
- Schools supporting the co-parenting process
- One child's perspective - Olivia's story
Includes actual kids' experiences,
in their own words.
Well outlined, positive suggestions
and advice for parents and professionals.
To
order your copy,
click here or pick one up at
the Kids First Center at 222 St. John Street,
Suite
101,Portland, ME or your local bookstore.
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"Kids
First is an honest and practical guide to providing
emotional and physical well-being to children whose
world is rocked by divorce. This book is preventive
medicine for all divorcing parents."
-Christiane Northrup,
MD
Author of Mother-Daughter Wisdom
(Bantam, 2005)
"This book is a gold mine of information for separating
parents and for the professionals who serve parents
and their children. It will surely help lower inter-parental
conflict and make life better for thousands of children affected by this issue."
-Felicity
Myers, LCSW
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