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Author Bode, Janet.

Title For better, for worse : a guide to surviving divorce for preteens and their families / by Janet Bode and Stan Mack.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2001]
©2001

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Location Call No. Status
 Portland Public Library - Teen  TEEN 306.89 BOD    Check Shelf
Description 164 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-159).
Contents For girls and boys: Question -- Overview and kid's-eye view -- Survey: Filling in the blanks -- Real-life broken Valentine stories... along with advice from other kids and therapists -- Writing and drawing your feelings -- Other side of the marriage-divorce line -- Answer, and real life happy endings -- For parents: Reality check -- Divorced mother's perspective -- Divorced father's perspective -- Teachers', Librarians', and youth workers' advice -- Banana splits coordinator's advice -- Pastor's advice -- Jewish family service supervisor's advice -- Family therapist's advice.
Summary Uses first-person accounts from young people to describe the effects of divorce and remarriage and how to handle them. Includes a section for adults discussing how to minimize both the short- and long-term impact of divorce.
Subject Children of divorced parents -- Juvenile literature.
Divorce -- Juvenile literature.
Remarriage -- Juvenile literature.
Divorce.
Remarriage.
Added Author Mack, Stanley.
ISBN 0689819455
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