I Will Love You Forever and Always - Hardcover

Mariano, Sarah M Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1646068505 ISBN 13: 9781646068500

Publisher: Atmosphere Press, 2019

Synopsis

"I Will Love You Forever and Always" provides a fun, easy platform for parents to converse with their children about the concept of unconditional love.  Parents know the love they hold for their children never changes, even on days that are tough, days that are smelly and oh-so-yucky, days when nothing seems to go right, days of noticing we don't look the same or days of noticing we like different things.  However, children often need reassurance, reminder and repitition that they are loved unconditionally through such days and such moments.

The purpose of this book is to help children learn what it means to be loved unconditionally, and for parents to be given child-friendly words and language to facilitate these conversations with their children.  The ultimate goal, if this book is used as a tool in the larger process, is that the parent-child emotional connection would be strengthened. 

The book includes an activity page at the end, with the question, "What does forever and always love mean to me?"  This prompt is intended to emphasize the points presented in the book and ensure the child understands the concepts presented.  It is an opportunity for parents to connect the concepts presented in the book to their own circumstances and scenarios at home, and extend the conversation with their children beyond the story into an opportunity for further learning, discussion, connection and strengthening of the parent-child relationship.

About this title

About the Author

Sarah M. Thomas Mariano is a child and family therapist. She holds a Master of Social Work degree from New York University. Sarah works with children, adolescents and families in an outpatient therapy setting, incorporating art and play therapy techniques into her work. Sarah wrote the award-winning book, "I Will Love You Forever and Always" as a tool to use in the therapeutic setting, to help children understand unconditional love and to give parents a fun and accessible platform from which to process this important concept with their children. "I Will Love You Forever and Always" won the Literary Titan Gold Book Award in October 2023.

From the Back Cover

"I Will Love You Forever and Always" is a delightful book for parents and kids of all ages to read together. Steering a positive path through family life's ever present tough times is tricky, and Sarah masterfully shows a wonderful way!

-Jean Hamburg, LICSW
Author of "Cooperation Counts! Life-Saving Strategies for Parenting Toddlers to Teens"

This book is a great tool to help families communicate about unconditional love. Unconditional love is something that should be taught and shared with children at a young age. Children need to have that security, knowing that no matter what they do, how they act, or what they say, they will always be loved.

-Delisa Reinoso, M.Ed.

This delightful book teaches a fundamental concept that all children need to understand and internalize: that their parents will always love them no matter what, even when they misbehave and parents get upset, angry, or disappointed. This book gives parents an opportunity to communicate this very important message.

-Veronica Guarino, LICSW

This is a wonderful, engaging book that both parents and children can relate to. It is an enjoyable story for families to read while reinforcing a very important concept.

-Kim Collins, LICSW

From the Inside Flap

A Note to the Reader:

"I Will Love You Forever and Always" provides a fun, easy platform for parents to converse with their children about the concept of unconditional love. Parents know the love they hold for their children never changes, even on days that are tough, days that are smelly and oh-so-yucky, days when nothing seems to go right, days of noticing we don't look the same or days of noticing we like different things. However, children often need reassurance, reminder and repetition that they are loved unconditionally through such days and such moments.

In reading ahead, fill in your own scenarios, relate each page to your own circumstances; find an opportunity for conversation with your child within the story. After reading, I encourage you to have your child complete a drawing and/or sentence in response to, "What does forever and always love mean to me?" to emphasize these points and ensure he or she understands the concepts presented.

Children can never be told too often they are loved, and sometimes, in life's unpredictible moments, is when they need the reassurance of your unconditional love most.

Edition details

• Publisher: Atmosphere Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1646068505
• ISBN 13: 9781646068500
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 24