Talking to Children About Divorce: A Parent's Guide to Healthy Communication at Each Stage of Divorce Paperback – February 23, 2016

Even though this book focus on Talking to Children About Divorce for parents that are seeking divorcees or are divorce, I feel that certain chapter are great for current married parents. Chapter one make sure to lay the foundation of communicating to your children. Which I believe plays a huge part in how a child may adapt to a parents separation. In this book the parents have to place their feelings on the back burn to create child center homes, something that is very selfless to do when feelings of hurt are involved. Thur out the book it provides insert that provided guidance. Things like 10 Ways to Succeed at Co-Parenting. Also this book help you use your family support and also provided way to make child the center of attention when the separation is going on. This book is a great read to provided guidance on ways to be a parent that truly listen to your child needs empathically and learn your child body language. If you need a guide for the way to present you and your spouse divorcing this book has it. This is great book for divorce parents and people that are co-parent that might not had a relationship. The hardest part of the book will be both parties reading the book an cooperating and using the book as a tool to put the children first before their feelings. Good LuckI received this product for free in exchange for my honest and unbiased review."

After being in practice as a Mental health clinician for 20 years, I came across this book and decided to buy it and am so glad that I did. This book describes the most essential areas that a couple must be aware of when they are divorcing with children. The author does such an amazing job of putting this in words that really make sense to everyone, professional or not. It is a must for anyone preparing for a divorce

Talking to Children about Divorce is a good resource for parents coping with the challenges of divorce and parenting. It gives pointers on having honest conversations about some of the different issues and emotions that arise prior, during, and after divorce proceedings. Shows it’s possible to get through divorce without shame, fear, blame, and anger. In this book you will be given ideas on how to help your child get through the emotions of divorce, sample dialogue of situations that commonly occur during divorce, teach ways to improve communication with both your ex-spouse as well as your children, and breaks down what to say and what to do based on different age groups. Some of the biggest outtakes I took from this book was choosing your words, watch your tone and body language and to keep your kids out of the middle. I feel most of the book would benefit those going thru a “cooperative” divorce. The book does gives suggestions for those going thru the “angry” and “distant” divorces. In an ideal world both parties will read and benefit from this book. I felt this book was easy to read and laid out well. I have not had a personal experience of divorce. However, I am in the child care field and found this book helpful as some of my clients have gone thru divorce. Now I have a wonderful reference I can recommend if the need should arise. I think parents, family members, child care providers, and teachers could benefit from this book."I received this product at a discounted rate in exchange for my honest and unbiased review."

It is a fairly good read. It helps set the foundation during the troubling transition of a divorce. Definitely would recommend

Talking to Children about Divorce is a big book filled with common sense. My husband and I are separated and we have done most of the things listed in the book on our own, without reading it in a book. It does have some nice tips and good guidelines to follow, but again if you have any common sense you will be able to figure it out on your own. My favorite part of the book would be the 10 Ways to Succeed at Co-Parenting. I received this product at a discounted rate in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

This book is such an easy to understand guide to talking with children of all ages, infant through adolescent, about divorce and the childs special needs at different times of their lives. Jean has been a marriage and family therapist- specializing in divorce for over 25 yrs. and includes examples from real counseling sessions she has done.This book includes 8 chapters- Developing healthy communication, Getting Kids to Open up, Preparing for the talk, Having the talk, Childrens reactions and worries, Answering the tough questions, Responding to sticky situations, Looking forward. Divorce is a very confusing time for a child and this book will definitely make it easier discussing the situation with your child.I did receive this book at a discount for my unbiased, honest review.

When talking about divorce,I expected some big book that would go on and on about the boring monstrositit's of broken homes,,infidelity and all the things that leads to divorce. To my surprise, this book was the total opposite. First this book is geared for children and their delicate minds. If you've ever wondered what to tell a child either before a divorce or after this book is for you. This book gives you step by step guidelines on how to open communication about the ugly topic of divorce.I received this product for free in exchange for my honest review of this book.

When I started reading this book, I remembered what I went through during my divorce and realized that I would have appreciated much of the advice in this book if my child had been older. When going through a divorce, it is easy to let emotions take over and we don't realize the ways we might be hurting our children. A lot of the advice also applies even if you are not divorcing; maybe you've hit a rough patch, or maybe your disagreements with your spouse are quite vocal and you tend to vent about your spouse out loud in front of your children (or vice versa.) I know I found a few things I could do differently,and I recommend even if you haven't decided to divorce. *I received this book in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.*