We Need to Talk About Divorce: An Important Book About Separation, Stepfamilies and Feeling Heard

About this book

Divorce and separation are a common experience for families, and children of any age may find themselves having to deal with some difficult feelings and experiences when it happens to them. 

In this book, author Kate Scharff takes the young reader through the whole experience of divorce and separation: why it happens, what children might be feeling, expressing your feelings and communicating, what happens when one parent moves out, navigating two homes, missing parents, dealing with money and special occasions, getting to know step-parents and new families, and what happens when your parents start dating. 

Scharff is a psychotherapist who spends a large part of her time helping families to move through divorce as a life transition, minimising conflict and protecting relationships. 

As her parents got divorced when she was a child, she can relate to children who might need some extra support in navigating the changes that are happening in their own lives. 

Illustrated by Annika Le Large in a friendly and accessible way for upper primary and lower secondary aged children, this is a great and very useful book that will help children move through a difficult time in their lives.