RESOURCES FOR DIVORCING AND SEPARATING PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN

 

Divorce and separation are hard on everyone, especially kids. The following is a list of resources and books that provide help for both parents and children to better understand and deal with the changes, traumas, and stresses that come with this difficult transition and new family structure.

FOR PARENTS:

• The Co-Parenting Survival Guide: Letting Go of Conflict After a Difficult Divorce 

       Jeffrey Zimmerman, Ph.D. Psychologist 

• Co-parenting 101: Helping Your Kids Arrive in Two Households after Divorce

       by Deesha Philyaw & Michael D. Thomas

• Death of the Relationship and the Beginning of the Rest of Your Life By Ismail Yassai, PhD

• Mom’s House, Dad’s House by Isolina Ricci, PhD

• Parenting Apart: How Separated and Divorced Parents Can Raise Happy and Secure Kids by Christina McGhee

• Putting Children First: Proven Strategies for Helping Children Thrive through Divorce by JoAnne Pedro-Carroll

• The Impact of Divorce on Children

 

FOR KIDS AGES 3 - 7​

• When Your Parents Divorce: a Kid to Kids Guide to Dealing with Divorce   by Kimberly King

• I Have Two Homes by Colleen Le Maire and Marina Saumell

• It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear by Vicki Lansky

• Mom’s House Dad’s House for Kids by Isolina Ricci, PhD

• My Mom and Dad Are Getting a Divorce by Florence Bienewfeld

• Sesame Street: Little children, Big Challenges 

• Two Homes by Claire Masurel 

 

FOR KIDS AGES 9 - 12

• A Smart Girl’s Guide to Her Parents’ Divorce: How to Land on Your Feet When Your World Turns Upside Down 

       by Nancy Holyoke

• Divorce Is Not the End of the World: Zoe’s and Evan’s Coping Guide for Kids  Zoe Stem & Evan Stern

• Families Change

• Kids Health: Marriage and Divorce

• The Bright Side: Surviving Your Parents’ Divorce  by Max Sandell

• The D Word by Julia Cook

• The Divorce Express  by Paula Danziger

• What’s My Job?: Helping Children Navigate the Rough Waters of Separation and Divorce

        by Mary R Donahue and Gail Thomburgh, PhD

• When Your Parents Divorce: a Kid to Kids Guide to Dealing with Divorce   by Kimberly King

 

FOR TEENS: ​

• Now, What Do I Do? A Guide to Help Teenagers with Their Parents Separation and Divorce

       by Lynn Cassella-Kapuscinski

• The Big D: Divorce to the Eyes of a Teen Activity Guide   by Krista Smith

• The Step-Tween Survival Guide: How to Deal with Life in a Stepfamily by Lisa Cohn & Debbi Glasser, Ph.D.