Reading Resources

Books for Divorcing Parents with Children

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Knowing what to tell your children about your divorce can be difficult. You can prepare for how to talk to your kids about divorce by starting with one of these insightful books.

Mom's House, Dad's House: Making Two Homes for your Child

Isolina Ricci Ph.D. Fireside, 2006.

Advice on coping during divorce and parenting plans.
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The Good Divorce: Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes Apart

Constance Ahorns; Harper Press, 1998.

Challenges the view that divorce is one of life's failures and how to make the best of your changing family.
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Parenting After Divorce: A guide to Resolving Conflicts and Meeting Your Children's Needs

Philip Michael Stahl; Rebuilding Books, 2017.

The effects of divorce on children through the eyes of the children.
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Mom's House, Dad's House for Kids: Feeling at Home in One Home or Two

Isolina Ricci Ph.D.; Fireside, 2006.

Essential guide for kids on how to stay strong and succeed in life when parents separate or divorce.
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Two Homes

Claire Masurel and Kady MacDonald Denton; Candlewick, 2003.

Showing young children that a change in living arrangements does not change their parents' love for them.
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Dinosaurs Divorce

Marc Brown and Laurie Kransny Brown; Little Brown Young Readers, 1988.

For young children dealing with their parents' separation and divorce.
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