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Divorce is painful and confusing. Perhaps now more than ever, you want to give your child all the love, support, and guidance he or she needs, but everything seems harder and more complicated. Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way can help. Based on Gary Neuman's phenomenally successful Sandcastles program, which has helped more than fifty thousand children cope with divorce, this warm, empathetic guide shows you:
How to build a co-parenting relationship--even when you think you can't
When you or your child should see a therapist
Age-appropriate scripts for addressing sensitive issues
What to do when a parent moves away
How to stop fighting with your ex-spouse
How to navigate the emotional turmoil of custody and visitation
How to help your child deal with change
How to cope with kids' common fears about separation
How to introduce significant others into the family and help your child cope with a new stepfamily
More than a hundred pieces of artwork from children of divorce will help you appreciate how kids perceive the experience. Dozens of special activities and fun exercises will help you communicate and get closer to your child. This guide shows you that divorce need not be an inevitable blot on children's lives, but an opportunity for them to grow and strengthen the bonds with their parents.
How to build a co-parenting relationship--even when you think you can't
When you or your child should see a therapist
Age-appropriate scripts for addressing sensitive issues
What to do when a parent moves away
How to stop fighting with your ex-spouse
How to navigate the emotional turmoil of custody and visitation
How to help your child deal with change
How to cope with kids' common fears about separation
How to introduce significant others into the family and help your child cope with a new stepfamily
More than a hundred pieces of artwork from children of divorce will help you appreciate how kids perceive the experience. Dozens of special activities and fun exercises will help you communicate and get closer to your child. This guide shows you that divorce need not be an inevitable blot on children's lives, but an opportunity for them to grow and strengthen the bonds with their parents.
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A Definitive, Practical Guide for Divorced Parents
Family therapist Gary Neuman has become nationally known as the creator of the Sandcastles™ program for children of divorce, which has now helped more than 30,000 kids nationwide. This highly successful program has been mandated by family courts in a dozen cities, meaning that parents in those cities cannot be granted a divorce until their children go through a one-day Sandcastles session.
Family therapist Gary Neuman has become nationally known as the creator of the Sandcastles™ program for children of divorce, which has now helped more than 30,000 kids nationwide. This highly successful program has been mandated by family courts in a dozen cities, meaning that parents in those cities cannot be granted a divorce until their children go through a one-day Sandcastles session.
Neuman realized that while divorce is devastating for kids, they don't have the adult language to express their sadness, fear, anger, or guilt. He found that the best way to get them to open up is through drawings, games, role playing, poems, and other activities. In his new book, HELPING YOUR KIDS COPE WITH DIVORCE THE SANDCASTLES WAY, he teaches parents how to use these activities to communicate better with their kids, and helps them handle the many challenges they'll face as their children get older.
This is the first major book that gives parents the age-specific, practical, in-depth knowledge they need to help their kids get through this wrenching experience. Highlights of the book include:
* Portraits of families coping with the departure of a parent, dating issues, financial ups and downs, custody problems, new partners, blended families, and other common situations.
* Almost 100 pieces of artwork reproduced from Sandcastles graduates' workbooks, with interpretation from Neuman to help parents understand what common images signify.
* Age-tailored scripts parents can use when talking with their toddlers, preschoolers, pre-adolescents, and teenagers.
* Extensive checklists and sidebars about working out visitation schedules, juggling holidays and birthdays, deciding whether to consider therapy, and much more.
"Gary Neuman has a wonderful way of nourishing parents, while reminding us that there are no simple ways to help children through complicated family times. Whether we're parents, grandparents, or friends, all of us can be grateful for Gary's encouragement of being natural as we talk ! with -- and listen to -- our children." -- Fred Rogers, creator, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is an absolutely excellent book. We split up when my son was one year old and I went through divorce spanning the next year or more . I wish I'd had the book then and we wouldn't have got into the mess we did over visitation as this book gives clear and specific advice on what is normal and fair for that. I agreed to a scheme that was totally suited to my ex's life - he lived an hour away out of town - and didn't fit the child's needs at all. My son's behaviour got worse and worse until i read this book - it has a guide to what amount of time children can cope with being away from home for and for that alone i would pay the full price of this book - it has been spot on.
It is also excellent on a wide variety of topics that you have to deal with - like my ex's remarrying and how to communicate with the child on that (shame my ex did not read this!) and a bunch of other thorny topics which i was so thankful for some guidance on. Friends and relatives may mean well, but they have an angle on the whole thing and this book is sane and fair and most importantly based on loads of actual cases and what was good or bad based on the experiences of hundreds of kids.
It is also excellent on a wide variety of topics that you have to deal with - like my ex's remarrying and how to communicate with the child on that (shame my ex did not read this!) and a bunch of other thorny topics which i was so thankful for some guidance on. Friends and relatives may mean well, but they have an angle on the whole thing and this book is sane and fair and most importantly based on loads of actual cases and what was good or bad based on the experiences of hundreds of kids.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As a child therapist I found this book to be very helpful. I recommend it to all my parents who are divorcing. It is in plain, straightforward language. This book can help the millions of parents who need some insight into what the reactions of children are when their parents divorce. The book discusses developmental, co-parenting, and a plethora of related issues. His style is compassionate, lighthearted, and genuine. A must read for parents who are divorcing and professionals who work with these parents.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
M. Gary Neuman is a truely gifted author. His insights and information found in the Sandcastles book helped my family through an extremely difficult time in our lives. The understanding that my ex-wife and I walked away with helped us set the pace and tone for a more healthy future for my family. Although we won't be a couple anymore, Gary helped me see that we will be a family on many levels. It was a gift in a time when life seems vcry difficult for all of us. I can't thank him enough and I even have bought copies for my parents, ex-inlaws and my siblings. It has certainly become one of the most important books I have ever read. I would love to hear him speak if he is ever in California. Please inform me. Thank you to M. Gary Neuman for his reserach and depth of understanding the ever changing families in our country. A book LONG OVERDUE!!!!!!
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HELPFUL UNDERSTANDING OF HELPING KIDS IN DIVORCE
I STRONGLY RECOMMEND READING THIS BOOK. AFTER HEARING GARY NEUMAN SPEAK AT A BOOK SIGNING, I PURCHASED THIS BOOK. Read more
Published on 31 July 1999
Starting from the cover, a bit deceiving
The content and book cover go hand in hand. Art interpretation is part of Sandcastles.I lost interest in the content when I realized that the book cover is made to appear to be a... Read more
Published on 17 Oct 1998
Very informative, educational, and a must read for all
I was very impressed with the well-thought out process and approach presented in this book. It is a must-read for all parents who are either divorced, separated, or with... Read more
Published on 30 Aug 1998
What a help
This book is so good that I bought a copy for my ex-wife so we would be on the same page. I particularly like the things 2 do sections and the way in which he presents the data... Read more
Published on 13 July 1998
Superbly researched and written, well organized/thought out
I was very impressed with the depth of research involved in this book. It is well organized and thought through, with exercises, advice, games, and suggestions for every age... Read more
Published on 9 July 1998
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