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Helping your kids cope with divorce the Sandcastles way [sound recording] / M. Gary Neuman, with Patricia Romanowski.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: SoundSoundPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, 2004.Description: Sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.89 NEU
Contents:
How children experience divorce -- Bodies to sticks, make-believe to resolution, understanding children\'s play and art -- A life begins, understanding your infant or toddler -- Age of wonder, understanding your preschooler -- Discovery of self, understanding your six- to eight-year-old -- Season of change, understanding your nine- to twelve-year-old -- Quest for independence, understanding your thirteen- to seventeen-year-old -- Challenge of change -- Please stop! When parents fight -- First day of divorce, how to tell your child -- First goodbye, when a parent moves away -- Hello, goodbye, custody and visitation -- One heart, two homes, parenting eh child of divorce -- Our new life, dealing with divorce-related change -- There\'s someone I want you to meet, your new significant other -- More than another chance, the stepfamily -- Epilogue, the changing family -- Appendixes: Sandcastles survey; Sample authorization for emergency treatment of minors.
Summary: Based on [the author\'s] successful Sandcastles program, which has helped more than fifty thousand children cope with divorce, this warm, empathetic guide shows you: How to build a co-parenting relationship--even when you think you can\'t; When you or your child should see a therapist; Age-appropriate scripts for addressing sensitive issues; What to do when a parent moves away; How to stop fighting with your ex-spouse; How to navigate the emotional turmoil of custody and visitation; How to help your child deal with change; How to cope with kids\' common fears about separation; How to introduce significant others into the family and help your child cope with a new stepfamily. More than a hundred pieces of artwork from children of divorce will help you appreciate how kids perceive the experience. Dozens of special activities and fun exercises will help you communicate and get closer to your child. This guide shows you that divorce need not be an inevitable blot on children\'s lives, but an opportunity for them to grow and strengthen the bonds with their parents. -Back cover.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 306.89 NEU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 126404

Originally published: New York : Random House, c1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-[441]).

How children experience divorce -- Bodies to sticks, make-believe to resolution, understanding children\'s play and art -- A life begins, understanding your infant or toddler -- Age of wonder, understanding your preschooler -- Discovery of self, understanding your six- to eight-year-old -- Season of change, understanding your nine- to twelve-year-old -- Quest for independence, understanding your thirteen- to seventeen-year-old -- Challenge of change -- Please stop! When parents fight -- First day of divorce, how to tell your child -- First goodbye, when a parent moves away -- Hello, goodbye, custody and visitation -- One heart, two homes, parenting eh child of divorce -- Our new life, dealing with divorce-related change -- There\'s someone I want you to meet, your new significant other -- More than another chance, the stepfamily -- Epilogue, the changing family -- Appendixes: Sandcastles survey; Sample authorization for emergency treatment of minors.

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Based on [the author\'s] successful Sandcastles program, which has helped more than fifty thousand children cope with divorce, this warm, empathetic guide shows you: How to build a co-parenting relationship--even when you think you can\'t; When you or your child should see a therapist; Age-appropriate scripts for addressing sensitive issues; What to do when a parent moves away; How to stop fighting with your ex-spouse; How to navigate the emotional turmoil of custody and visitation; How to help your child deal with change; How to cope with kids\' common fears about separation; How to introduce significant others into the family and help your child cope with a new stepfamily. More than a hundred pieces of artwork from children of divorce will help you appreciate how kids perceive the experience. Dozens of special activities and fun exercises will help you communicate and get closer to your child. This guide shows you that divorce need not be an inevitable blot on children\'s lives, but an opportunity for them to grow and strengthen the bonds with their parents. -Back cover.

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