The Kids' Book of Divorce: By, for and about Kids

The unit at the Rayerweather Street School, Rofes, Eric E.

ISBN 10: 0394710185 / ISBN 13: 9780394710181

Published by Vintage Books, New York NY, 1982

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bumped tips; a few inner pages have a moisture mark at the bottom. front wrapper - "This wonderful book is both precise and fair; it is serious and consoling reading for any child caught in the subject, and essential reading for any parent." John Irving back wrapper- "The first book to address the subject of divorce specifically from a child's point of view, this is the result of two years' work by twenty school children between the ages of eleven and fourteen in an open school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fourteen of the children had experienced their parents' divorces; the other six worried constantly that their parents might separate. Realizing that all twenty of them had strong feelings on the subject which they had never been encouraged to express, their classroom teacher, Eric Rofes, began a series of discussion groups and assigned supplementary reading. As the project grew, the children interviewed counselors, judges, other children and members of the clergy. In the book that ultimately emerged, they offer advice on everything from how to avoid taking sides to how to deal with parents' new relationships, stepparents and gay parents. They describe the legal process of divorce in language a child can understand and cover such subjects as handling a new living situation, holidays (always difficult), visiting arrangements and how to get support from friends, relatives or counselors.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Kids' Book of Divorce: By, for and about Kids
• Publisher: Vintage Books, New York NY
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394710185
• ISBN 13: 9780394710181
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 1st Vintage Paperback Edition
• Printing: 6th Printing
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Children affected by divorce share their feelings and experiences, and discuss the nature of families, how their parents' separation has affected them, and how a divorce takes place

From the Back Cover

ok to address the subject of divorce specifically from a child's point of view, this is the result of two years' work by twenty school children between the ages of eleven and fourteen in an open school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fourteen of the children had experienced their parents' divorces; the other six worried constantly that their parents might separate. Realizing that all twenty of them had strong feelings on the subject which they had never been encouraged to express, their classroom teacher, Eric Rofes, began a series of discussion groups and assigned supplementary reading. As the project grew, the children interviewed counselors, judges, other children and members of the clergy. In the book that ultimately emerged, they offer advice on everything from how to avoid taking sides to how to deal with parents' new relationships, stepparents and gay parents. They describe the legal process of divorce in language a child can understand and cover such subjects as handling a new living situation, h