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    It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear: A Read-Together Book for Parents and Young Children During Divorce
    It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear: A Read-Together Book for Parents and Young Children During Divorce
    It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear: A Read-Together Book for Parents and Young Children During Divorce
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    It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear: A Read-Together Book for Parents and Young Children During Divorce

    By Vicki Lansky

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    KoKo Bear Can Help Children

    * learn what divorce means
    * deal with changes in their everyday lives
    * talk about their feelings
    * recognize that their feelings are natural
    * be assured that their parents still love them and will take care of them
    * understand that divorce is not their fault
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBook Peddlers, The
    Release dateApr 1, 2010
    ISBN9781931863643
    It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear: A Read-Together Book for Parents and Young Children During Divorce

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      It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear - Vicki Lansky

      001001

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      DIVORCE IS A CHALLENGING TIME

      Copyright Page

      Special thanks to:

      Constance Ahrons, PhD; Gail Berkove,PhD; Melinda Blau; Sally Blush, Cynthia and Brittany Crosby; Miriam Galper Cohen;Elizabeth Hickey; Steve King, MSW; Adaire Lassonde, SSND, LISW; Gary Neuman, PhD; Francie Paper; Dessa Rosman; Pamela Panasiti Stettner; Meg Zweiback.

      Introduction for Parents

      When children whose parents are divorcing realize that Mom or Dad has left the family home, their certainty that the other parent will not disappear is shaken. They often receive conflicting messages from their divorcing parents, adding to their confusion and anxiety. Children can make false assumptions—including self-blame—to try to deal with the insecure and changing world in which they now find themselves.

      As children watch how their parents act out anger toward each other in the divorce process, how do they know that their parents won’t act in a similar way toward them? Some children react by being very good, fearing that the same anger will be directed towards them—or, worse yet, that they will cause the other parent to leave, as well.

      It is natural to be angry at an exiting spouse; it is not okay to show your anger in

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