children of divorced parents

Otis feels sure his behavior is what led his parents to get a divorce, but his grandmother assures him he did not cause the divorce, he cannot control it, and he needs to learn to cope with it, and offers additional advice to help make things easier on everyone in the family.

Deb feels vaguely uneasy about her upcoming vacation with her dad, knowing that her mom is also going to be away and out of touch, and her feelings are borne out when she finds herself abducted, along with her brother and sister, by a father determined to make them a family again.

Contains practical advice for teens who must cope with the divorce of their parents, offers ways to deal with the stress, and provides comfort and understanding from teens who have experienced divorce situations.

Eleven young people discuss their experiences when their parents divorced and how they handled the loss.

Explains the emotional and practical problems that arise when family members separate because the parents are breaking up, discussing what happens to the children, how life will change, and how it will be the same.

Explains what happens to young adults before, during, and after their parents' divorce.

After his mother leaves the family, Brian copes with his feelings of rejection by secretly taking care of a stray cat and her two newborn kittens.

Discusses why divorce happens, how to cope with it, and how to deal with difficult feelings as well as friends whose parents are divorced.

A story which attempts to remove the confusion and lack of certainty which are experienced by children when their parents divorce.

Presents poems by children from more than one hundred families changed by divorce, reflecting such themes as abandonment, being caught in the middle, love, hate, and lessons learned.