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For Better, For Worse: A Guide To Surviving Divorce For Preteens And Their Families
For Better For Worse A Guide To Surviving Divorce For Preteens And Their Families Author:Janet Bode PETER, AGE ELEVEN: My parents are talking divorce and I'm thinking, "Is it something I did? What happens now? Who do I live with? Will we still live together or will we separate?" So many questions with no answers. — Divorce affects half of the nation's children. As parents divorce and remarry, kids can feel squeezed and battered emotion... more »ally. Often they wonder if what they are experiencing is normal. Often they feel confused. Often they feel alone. Janet Bode explored these feelings in interviews with more than a thousand students, as well as parents, therapists, religious leaders, teachers, and others. From these interviews she presents first-person accounts that detail the effects of divorce and offers solutions that have worked. A separate section geared to adult readers aims to help them minimize both the short-term and long-range impact of divorce on their children. And a final section suggests print and on-line resources for kids and their parents. This is a needed, compelling, and inspiring guide for what can be a difficult time in anyone's life. For Peter, and anyone else with "so many questions," For Better, For Worse is a book of answers.« less