Resources

Books for Adults

Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way, M. Gary Neuman

Mom’s House, Dad’s House: Making Shared Custody Work, Isolina Ricci

Parents are Forever, Shirley Thomas

Caught in the Crossfire: Children of Divorce, Deborah Barr

Helping Children Cope with Divorce, Edward Taylor

Rebuilding:When Your Relationship Ends, Bruce Fisher

Picture Books for Children

At Daddy’s on Saturdays, Linda Girard

Morris and His Brave Lion, Helen S. Rogers

Books for Children (Preschoolers)

It’s Not Your Fault Koko Bear, Vicki Lansky

Dear Daddy, John Schindel

Books for Elementary School Children Grades 1-4

Why are We Gettting a Divorce? Peter Mayle

The Amazing Memory of Harvey Bean, Molly Cone

Books for Middle School Children Grades 5-8

How it Feels when Parents Divorce, Jill Krementz

What’s Going to Happen to Me? Edna LeShan

Books for High School Youngsters Grades 9-12

It’s Not the End of the World, Judy Blume

How to Get it Together When Your Parents are Coming Apart, Arlene Richards &Irene Willis

Websites that may be helpful:

Department of Justice: Defending Childhood
http://www.justice.gov/defendingchildhood/

Department of Justice: Office on Violence Against Women
http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/

National Child Abuse Hotline
http://www.childhelp.org/

National Domestic Violence Hotline
http://www.thehotline.org/

Public Broadcasting Services: PBS Parents
http://www.pbs.org/parents/talkingwithkids/

US Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.childwelfare.gov/

US Department of Health and Human Services: Administration for Children and Families
http://www.acf.hhs.gov

Take Charge America: Credit counseling, debt consolidation, and financial education
http://www.takechargeamerica.org