My own experience more than a decade ago led to my writing How Do I Tell the Kids about the Divorce? A Create-a-Storybook(TM) Guide to Preparing Your Children — With Love! (My now grown son wrote the introduction.) What makes this book unique is that I don’t just tell parents what to say. I say it for them! I use fill-in-the-blank age-appropriate templates to show parents how to create a storybook sharing family photos and history as a successful way to have this tough conversation.

Therapists, attorneys, mediators, educators and other professionals from around the U.S. and beyond have endorsed the book, attesting to the value of my innovative storybook approach to this subject. Six therapists contribute their expertise to the book, as well. My purpose is to raise the consciousness of divorcing couples so they will stop, talk and create a caring plan of action before having that first crucial conversation with their children. In addition to providing six essential messages every child needs to hear and understand at this time, I also advise parents, for the sake of their kids, to choose to create a “child-centered divorce” which will reap significant rewards in the months, years and decades to come.

For more information, visit http://www.childcentereddivorce.com. I encourage mediation to all couples facing divorce.

Rosalind Sedacca, CCT
rosalind@childcentereddivorce.com