By Ruth Fitzgerald, Dr Angharad Rudkin (author)
"A much-needed support for children facing family break up"
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10 Steps For Coping With Your Parents' Separation
There has been a real gap in the market for a book like this and written by an expert child psychologist and children’s author team, it strikes exactly the right note of being friendly and engaging, helped by the lively layout and illustrations, with being informative, sensitive, and honest. The motif throughout of this experience being a difficult journey to negotiate and you need to ensure you have the psychological tools to survive that journey, is very successful.
It has ten chapters forming the ten-step guide to coping with the trauma of your family falling apart, taking the reader from the first stages of denial and the natural desire for everything to stay the same, through to how to cope with new partners and their children and the practical difficulties of life in two houses. Each chapter ends with a list of survival kit essential takeaways and a positive affirmation to repeat, having talked through what the child reader might be experiencing and explaining both the feelings they might have and the feelings of those around them.
The positive strategies outlined will be empowering and supportive. There are real life stories in every chapter to enhance the message that they are not the first to go through this and that none of it is their fault. The glossary at the end of words and phrases that they might hear and explanations of the roles of arbitrator and social worker etc are very useful, as is the list of other resources and places to find help.
Sadly, this is a book that every school needs to have available and will be useful reading for every adult involved in childcare as well, of course, as giving helpful advice to parents about how to make things better for their children in this situation.
Finding out that your parents are splitting up can feel scary and upsetting. It can also be hard to know who you can talk to about it. But you are NOT alone.
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Psychologist Angharad Rudkin is here to guide you on this journey with 10 simple steps that will help you to feel calmer, stronger, confident and more positive about the future. From acceptance and resilience, to communication and compassion towards other people, this book will help you tackle the tricky situations that a divorce can bring, and answer some of the questions going through your head.
With practical and positive tips, this book will show you that change is a tough journey, but with the right survival kit, you will reach a happier destination!
Ruth Fitzgerald (pictured) grew up in South Wales but has lived most of her life in Suffolk. She wrote her first story at the age of six and immediately announced she wanted to be a writer. Her teacher told her that being a writer was a hobby and she needed to get a proper job. Ruth tried 23 proper jobs before deciding her teacher was wrong. She lives near Ipswich with her family, a tiny dog and five chickens.
Dr Angharad Rudkin is a Clinical Psychologist who has worked with children and families for over 20 years. Angharad lectures on child psychology at the University of Southampton but also loves talking about child psychology with anyone who's interested. This has meant Angharad has been on TV and radio lots, as well as appearing in articles for newspapers and online, covering topics from the benefits of keeping pets to exam stress. Angharad works with many young people who are having a difficult time, and has enjoyed writing and editing books to help young people and all the adults around them.
Check her out on Twitter @AngharadRudkin
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Finding out that your parents are splitting up can feel scary and upsetting. It can also be hard to know who you can talk to about it.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Split Survival Kit and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-14 years old
Split Survival Kit features in the following genres: Featured Books for 13+ readers, Recommendations, Featured Books for 9+ readers, PSHE: Divorce, PSHE: Family Issues, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 11+ readers
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Split Survival Kit was written by Ruth Fitzgerald, Dr Angharad Rudkin and published by Wren & Rook an imprint of Hachette Children's Group
Split Survival Kit has 159 pages
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