Mom's house, dad's house for kids : feeling at home in one home or two /
A family guide for all children and young adults to help them survive one home or two.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Fireside,
[2006]
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| Online Access: | Publisher description Sample text Table of contents only |
Table of Contents:
- pt. I. Separation and divorce territory
- 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
- 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
- 3. New ways
- New ways for parents
- You can become an ace solution finder
- Parents going out and dating
- A new kind of normal
- pt. II. Stepfamily territory
- 4. Coming together
- Quiz : what do you know about stepfamilies?
- Your family feeling
- When parents get married again
- Moving in together
- 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
- 6. Moving forward
- A new baby
- Feeling more like a family
- 7. Stepparents and stepsiblings
- Stepparents
- Stepsiblings
- pt. III. Believe in yourself
- 8. Take care of your body
- How do I take care of my body?
- 9. Protect yourself
- Some really big problems
- Secrets
- Promises
- How to get safe
- Remember, you are not your parent
- 10. Have dreams and goals
- Power daydreaming
- Learn how to bounce back
- Get moving with your own dreams
- 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
- 12. Believe in yourself
- You can have heart
- Know you can do it!
- pt. 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.