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    Healing After Divorce: 100 Practical Ideas for Kids
    Healing After Divorce: 100 Practical Ideas for Kids
    Healing After Divorce: 100 Practical Ideas for Kids
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    Healing After Divorce: 100 Practical Ideas for Kids

    By Alan D. Wolfelt and Raelynn Maloney

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    Focusing on the natural grief children endure when their parents divorce, this guide helps kids process the common feelings of shock, sadness, anger, guilt, and relief while highlighting their most vital needlove and support. The handbook helps children name and understand these strange new emotions and affirms that their thoughts and feelings are natural while teaching them the value of constructively expressing them. An assortment of suggested physical and verbal activities for mourning grief are also included.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCompanion Press
    Release dateApr 1, 2011
    ISBN9781617221392
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      Book preview

      Healing After Divorce - Alan D. Wolfelt

      Also by Alan Wolfelt:

      Healing a Friend’s Grieving Heart:

      100 Practical Ideas for Helping Someone

      You Love Through Loss

      The Journey Through Grief:

      Reflections on Healing

      Healing a Child’s Heart After Divorce:

      100 Practical Ideas for Families, Friends and Caregivers

      The Wilderness of Grief: Finding Your Way

      The Mourner’s Book of Hope:

      30 Days of Inspiration

      Transcending Divorce:

      Ten Essential Touch stones for Finding

      Hope and Healing Your Heart

      The Transcending Divorce Journal:

      Exploring the Ten Essential Touchstones

      Also by Raelynn Maloney:

      Waking Up:

      A Parent’s Guide to Mindful Awareness and Connection

      Companion Press is dedicated to the education and

      support of both the bereaved and bereavement caregivers.

      We believe that those who companion the bereaved by

      walking with them as they journey in grief have a

      wondrous opportunity: to help others embrace and grow

      through grief—and to lead fuller, more deeply-lived lives

      themselves because of this important ministry.

      For a complete catalog and ordering information, write or call:

      Companion Press

      The Center for Loss and Life Transition

      3735 Broken Bow Road

      Fort Collins, CO 80526

      (970) 226-6050

      www.centerforloss.com

      © 2011 by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. and Raelynn Maloney, Ph.D.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher.

      Companion Press is an imprint of the

      Center for Loss and Life Transition,

      3735 Broken Bow Road, Fort Collins, Colorado 80526

      970-226-6050

      www.centerforloss.com

      Companion Press books may be purchased in bulk for sales promotions, premiums or fundraisers. Please contact the publisher at the above address for more information.

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      A NOTE TO PARENTS AND OTHER LOVING GROWNUPS

      LET’S GET STARTED

      1. - LEARN ABOUT DIVORCE GRIEF.

      2. - LEARN ABOUT MOURNING.

      3. - LEARN HOW GRIEF AND MOURNING ARE DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER.

      4. - BE NICE TO YOURSELF.

      5. - KNOW THAT THE DIVORCE IS REAL.

      6. - LET YOURSELF BE UPSET.

      7. - REMEMBER WHAT YOUR FAMILY WAS LIKE BEFORE THE DIVORCE.

      8. - UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR LIFE IS DIFFERENT NOW.

      9. - ASK WHY.

      10. - LET OTHERS HELP YOU WITH YOUR GRIEF.

      11. - FEEL NOTHING SOMETIMES.

      12. - PLAY TO GET GRIEF OUT.

      13. - TALK TO GROWNUPS WHO ARE GOOD LISTENERS.

      14. - TALK TO A FRIEND.

      15. - CRY WHEN YOU NEED TO.

      16. - GET GOOD SLEEP.

      17. - FEED YOURSELF GOOD FOOD.

      18. - DRINK A LOT OF WATER.

      19. - RUN AROUND OUTSIDE.

      20. - FIND A GRIEF HIDE-OUT.

      21. - DON’T BE ALONE TOO MUCH.

      22. - LET YOURSELF FEEL HAPPY.

      23. - PLAY WITH A PET.

      24. - GO TO CHURCH OR A PLACE OF WORSHIP.

      25. - WRITE IN A JOURNAL.

      26. - DO ART.

      27. - WRITE A POEM ABOUT DIVORCE.

      28. - CRANK THE TUNES AND DANCE.

      29. - PLAY YOUR FAVORITE SPORT.

      30. - PLAY A BOARD GAME.

      31. - WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR PARENTS.

      32. - MAKE A FAMILY MEMORY BOOK.

      33. - DRESS UP LIKE SOMEONE ELSE.

      34. - KEEP A FAMILY TREASURE.

      35. - PLANT A GARDEN.

      36. - TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY YOU LOVE THEM.

      37. - HUG SOMEONE TODAY.

      38. - BE A FRIEND TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO IS GOING THROUGH DIVORCE.

      39. - MAKE A GIFT FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL.

      40. - MAKE A ROCK TREASURE BOX.

      41. - BE WHO YOU ARE.

      42. - SING LOUDLY.

      43. - TELL A GROWNUP WHEN YOU ARE UPSET.

      44. - LISTEN TO YOUR BODY.

      45. - GIVE YOUR GRIEF A FACE AND A NAME.

      46. - PACK A FAMILY KEEPSAKE BOX.

      47. - LIST THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE.

      48. - TALK TO YOUR BROTHER OR SISTER ABOUT THE DIVORCE.

      49. - TALK TO A GROWNUP.

      50. - DON’T ESCAPE WITH VIDEO GAMES OR TV.

      51. - READ A BOOK.

      52. - BE A BIG BABY.

      53. - THINK ABOUT TIMES YOU DID THE WRONG THING.

      54. - PUT A PICTURE OF YOU AND YOUR PARENTS IN YOUR ROOM.

      55. - ASK FOR HELP AT SCHOOL.

      56. - JOIN A DIVORCE SUPPORT GROUP FOR KIDS.

      57. - TALK TO A COUNSELOR.

      58. - DON’T BE SURPRISED BY GRIEFBURSTS.

      59. - EXPECT GRIEFBURSTS ON SPECIAL DAYS.

      60. - DO SOMETHING THAT YOU LOVED TO DO WITH YOUR FAMILY.

      61. - FIGHT THE URGE TO BE STRONG.

      62. - NEVER HURT YOURSELF OR OTHERS.

      63. - LIST WHAT’S GOOD ABOUT YOUR LIFE.

      64. - APPRECIATE YOURSELF.

      65. - FEEL WHAT YOU FEEL.

      66. - JOIN A CLUB.

      67. -

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