Divorce/Separation
Sesame Street Divorce Resources for kids and parents
https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/topics/divorce/
Tips from Parents.com
https://www.parents.com/parenting/divorce/children/how-to-tell-your-kids-that-you-are-getting-a-divorce/
Suggested Books
Children Ages 5-7
Children Ages 8-10
Children Ages 11-13
Activity Book
When Mom and Dad Separate: Children can learn to cope with grief from divorce. Written by: Marge Heegar
https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/topics/divorce/
Tips from Parents.com
https://www.parents.com/parenting/divorce/children/how-to-tell-your-kids-that-you-are-getting-a-divorce/
Suggested Books
- Helping your Kids Cope with Divorce by: M. Gary Neuman
- When Mom and Dad Divorce by: Emily Menendez-Aponte
- My Family's Changing by: Pat Thomas
- Mom and Dad Break Up by: Joan Singleton Prestine
- Two Homes by: Claire Masurel
- Dinosaur's Divorce by: Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
- Charlie Anderson by: Barbara Abercrombie
- Standing on my Own Two Feet by: Tamara Schmitz
- Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns about Mud and Rainbows by: Howard Binkow
Children Ages 5-7
- Let's Talk About it: Divorce by: Fred Rogers
- I Don't Want to Talk About It by: Jeanie Franz Ranson
- When Mom and Dad Separate by: Marge Deegaard
- Sometimes A Family Has to Split Up by: Jane Werner Watson, Robert E. Switzer, and J. Cotter Hirschberg
- Mom and Dad Glue by: Kes Gray
- Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns about Mud and Rainbows by: Howard Binkow
- Standing on my Own Two Feet by: Tamara Schmitz
- Charlie Anderson by: Barbara Abercrombie
- My Mother’s House, My Father’s House by: C.B. Christiansen
Children Ages 8-10
- All About Divorce by: Mary Blitzer Field
- It's Not The End of the World by: Judy Blume
- Always, Always by: Crescent Dragonwagon
- The Boys and Girls Book About Divorce by: Richard Gardner
- A Smart Girl's Guide to Her Parent's Divorce: How to Land on Your Feet When Your World Turns Upside Down (American Girl) by: Nancy Holyoke and Scott Nash
- When Mom and Dad Separate by: Marge Heegard
Children Ages 11-13
- For Better or Worse: A Guide to Surviving Divorce for Pre-teens and Their Families by: Janet Bode
- How it Feels When Parents Divorce by: Jill Krementz
- My Parents Are Divorced, Too by: Melanie, Annie and Steven Ford
- Dear Mr. Henshaw by: Beverly Cleary
- The Divorce Express by: Paula Danziger
- When Mom and Dad Separate by: Marge Heegard
Activity Book
When Mom and Dad Separate: Children can learn to cope with grief from divorce. Written by: Marge Heegar