Table Of ContentContents Meet Dr. Isa A Message for Parents Kids -- Read This Page First Part I Separation and Divorce Territory Chapter 1 Splitting and Dividing What's True about Divorce What's Not True Your Feelings Your Parents and Siblings Whom Can You Talk To? Are You an Only Child? Understanding What Your Siblings Are Going Through Questions and Answers about Separation and Divorce The Miserable Middle Chapter 2 Changes and More Changes Great Ways to Stay Connected One Home, Two Homes Friends and School Parents The Family Team Grandparents and Other Relatives Your Parents' Legal Business Chapter 3 New Ways New Ways for Parents You Can Become an Ace Solution Finder Parents Going Out and Dating A New Kind of Normal Part II Stepfamily Territory Chapter 4 Coming Together Quiz: What Do You Know about Stepfamilies? Your Family Feeling When Parents Get Married Again Moving in Together Chapter 5 Learning to Live Together Stepfamily Tasks Ways to Get to Know Each Other Better Negotiating New Rules Trouble Among the Parents Familiar Gripes of Kids in Stepfamilies Solving a Family Problem Chapter 6 Moving Forward A New Baby Feeling More Like a Family Chapter 7 Stepparents and Stepsiblings Stepparents Stepsiblings Part III Believe in Yourself Chapter 8 Take Care of Your Body How Do I Take Care of My Body? Chapter 9 Protect Yourself Some Really Big Problems Secrets Promises How to Get Safe Remember, You Are Not Your Parent Chapter 10 Have Dreams and Goals Power Daydreaming Learn How to Bounce Back Get Moving with Your Own Dreams Chapter 11 What's True about Life You Are an Original Thinking Traps Are Gross You Can Train Your Brain You Can Make Smart Choices You Can Repair Bad Choices You Can Take Care with Your Feelings You Can Have Someone to Look Up To Chapter 12 Believe in Yourself You Can Have Heart Know You Can Do It! Part IV Extras Books Web Resources Sample Problem Solvers and Worksheets More Problem Solvers and Worksheets Worksheet: Checklist for Taking Stuff to Dad's or Mom's House Worksheet: Six-Step Solution: David's Too-Long Commute Worksheet: Six-Step Solution Worksheet: Gina's Music Camp: Solving the Puzzle Worksheet: The Prize Puzzle Pieces Thank You Index
SynopsisFrom the author of the classic Mom's House, Dad's House , the essential guide for kids on how to stay strong and succeed in life when parents separate, divorce, or get married again. Isolina Ricci's Mom's House, Dad's 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. Mom's House, Dad's House for Kids is packed with practical tips, frank answers, easy-to-use lists, "train your brain" ideas, reproducible worksheets, and things to try when words just won't 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 "miserable middle" when parents fight - Manage stress, guilt, change, fear, and other feelings - Stay connected with parents, relatives, and the "right" friends - Appreciate the gifts (and deal with the gripes) of their new version of family - Feel better FAST Kids can't get their parents back together, but they can help themselves get stronger and go on to succeed in life. This book shows them how., From the author of the classic Mom's House, Dad's House , the essential guide for kids on how to stay strong and succeed in life when parents separate, divorce, or get married again. Isolina Ricci's Mom's House, Dad's 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. Mom's House, Dad's House for Kids is packed with practical tips, frank answers, easy-to-use lists, "train your brain" ideas, reproducible worksheets, and things to try when words just won't 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 "miserable middle" when parents fight - Manage stress, guilt, change, fear, and other feelings - Stay connected with parents, relatives, and the "right" friends - Appreciate the gifts (and deal with the gripes) of their new version of family - Feel better FAST! Kids can't get their parents back together, but they can help themselves get stronger and go on to succeed in life. This book shows them how., From the author of the classic Mom's House, Dad's House , the essential guide for kids on how to stay strong and succeed in life when parents separate, divorce, or get married again. Isolina Ricci's Mom's House, Dad's 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. Mom's House, Dad's House for Kids is packed with practical tips, frank answers, easy-to-use lists, "train your brain" ideas, reproducible worksheets, and things to try when words just won't 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 "miserable middle" when parents fight · Manage stress, guilt, change, fear, and other feelings · Stay connected with parents, relatives, and the "right" friends · Appreciate the gifts (and deal with the gripes) of their new version of family · Feel better FAST! Kids can't get their parents back together, but they can help themselves get stronger and go on to succeed in life. This book shows them how., The author of the classic "Mom's House, Dad's House," once again breaks new ground with this inspiring, upbeat, and wise family guide for all children and young adults whether they live in one home or two., How kids can stay strong and succeed in life when parents separate, divorce, or get married again. Isolina Ricci'sMom's House, Dad's Househas 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. Mom's House, Dad's House for Kidsis packed with practical tips, frank answers, easy-to-use lists, "train your brain" ideas, reproducible worksheets, and things to try when words just won't 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 "miserable middle" when parents fight Manage stress, guilt, change, fear, and other feelings Stay connected with parents, relatives, and the "right" friends Appreciate the gifts (and deal with the gripes) of their new version of family Feel better FAST! Kids can't get their parents back together, but they can help themselves get stronger and go on to succeed in life. This book shows them how., How kids can stay strong and succeed in life when parents separate, divorce, or get married again. Isolina Ricci's "Mom's House, Dad's 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. "Mom's House, Dad's House for Kids" is packed with practical tips, frank answers, easy-to-use lists, "train your brain" ideas, reproducible worksheets, and things to try when words just won't 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 "miserable middle" when parents fight Manage stress, guilt, change, fear, and other feelings Stay connected with parents, relatives, and the "right" friends Appreciate the gifts (and deal with the gripes) of their new version of family Feel better FAST! Kids can't get their parents back together, but they can help themselves get stronger and go on to succeed in life. This book shows them how.