DIVORCE: When You Are Caught in the Middle - A Child's Guide

This book is an excellent resource for a parent or counselor to help the child who is experiencing pressure to take sides with a parent during divorce or post-divorce. When a child is caught-in-the-middle of this conflict they often feel pressured, worried, sad and mad. This book can help children by: 

• Exploring the many feelings children experience when they are caught-in-the-middle 

• Teaching them how to protect their personal boundary 

• Showing them how they can stay out–of- the-middle 

• Reassuring them that they can express their feelings when they feel pressured 

• Giving them the skill to ask for what they need 

Parents can also benefit from better understanding the child’s point of view and will learn ways to decrease the pressure between their child’s two homes.