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Reviews and Comments

The Divorce Helpbook
for Kids
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"MacGregor's style is not only reassuring
and informative, but also practical, offering positive suggestions for
things a child can do to make the situation easier....this book gives
loving guidance to lead children through their fears toward a new kind of
family life."
Colorado Libraries
Spring 2003 |

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"The
Divorce Helpbook for Kids...answers a lot of questions... and
suggests exercises for dealing with stress... emphasizes that divorce is
not the child's fault and that their parents are divorcing each other, not
them. These are things all children need to hear when their parents are
splitting up."
Psychology Today
January 2002
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"Using
humor and realistic scenarios, (MacGregor) places a positive spin on
changes kids face when their parents divorce...this book could make a
tremendous difference for children."
Marriage
and Family Therapy News
The Kentucky Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Fall 2002
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"...chock-full
of solutions that a child or a parent can implement to not only help that
child feel better, but to also teach skills that will keep the child from
being pulled into the middle of parental disagreements...practical help
for real kids with real parents living real lives..."
National
Association of Social Workers
Mississippi Chapter
August/September 2002
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"MacGregor
steers kids through what can seem like a minefield of changes triggered by
their parents' divorce. The book offers a wealth of information and
inspiration in kid-sized portions ..."
Richmond
Parents
June 2002
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"The
strengths of the book are the various alternatives suggested to conflicts
that arise and the suggestions that readers take questions to parents or
other close, responsible adults."
School
Library Journal
March 2002
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"This is
an essential book to be read by both parents and their children separately
and together. It will enable each child and his or her parents to
experience the divorce as a joint learning process toward greater personal
growth. The inclusion of a 'Bill of Rights for Children Whose Parents Are
Divorced,' the 'Glossary: What All Those Big Words Mean,' and 'Resources
for Parents and Children' can be of enormous help to divorced
families."
Mel Krantzler,
Ph.D.
Author, The New Creative Divorce |

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"The
Divorce Helpbook for Kids is an excellent book to help young people
understand what the family is going through. It explains legal terms such
as custody and helps the child to know what to expect and how to behave to
avoid problems....The wealth of information and healthy suggestions will
save the family many pitfalls, heartbreak and pain."
Pat Palmer,
Ed.D.
Author, I Wish I Could Hold Your Hand
Co-author, Teen Esteem |

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"Packed
with practical answers for children, parents, grandparents, and for child
and family therapists, this book offers a wealth of information and
inspiration in kid-sized portions, including a list of ways kids can help
themselves feel better and suggests adult allies they can turn to if
they're still confused... Buy this book!"
Menstuff: The
National Men's Resource
(online review: www.menstuff.org) |

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"...steers
youngsters through what can seem like a minefield of changes triggered by
their parent's divorce... not just a book about divorce, but... about life
after divorce, too... dealing with visitation and custody and straddling
two households... and making it all work."
Singles Mall
(online review: www.singlesmall.com)
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"This
book goes a long way to help address change, loss, fear and sadness when a
family breaks up."
AAMFT-CA
Division News
Spring 2002 |

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"MacGregor...
has mastered the art of communicating in a friendly, conversational manner
that children will respond to. Her advice, delivered in a calm tone, is
both practical and appropriate for the youngest readers or middle-school
youth. Children struggling to cope with a parent leaving home would
benefit greatly from MacGregor's simple and effective
Presentation."
Youth Today
September 2001
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