Divorce Is Not the End of the World: Zoe's and Evan's Coping Guide for Kids (Paperback)

~ (Author), Evan Stern (Author)
Key Phrases: Nvv Maiyv Nay, You're Not My Father

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Product Description

Zoe and Evan Stern know firsthand how it feels when your parents divorce. When their parents split they knew their lives would change but they didn't know how. A few years later, when they were 15 and 13 years old, they decided to share their experience in this positive and practical guide for kids. With some help from their mom, Zoe and Evan write about topics like guilt, anger, fear, adjusting to different rules in different houses, dealing with special occasions like birthdays, adapting to stepparents and blended families, and much more. Including updates from grown-up Zoe and Evan 10 years later, this honest guide will reassure children of divorce that, though it may seem it sometimes, it's not the end of the world.

"Here is a great resource for tweens and teens...from two of their own. Zoe and Evan give a helpful perspective to other kids that will aid them with their own divorce experiences. Their words and advice ring true.
--VICKI LANSKY, author of Vicki Lansky's Divorce Book for Parents: Helping Kids Cope with Divorce and Its Aftermath

"[DIVORCE...] talks to children about divorce without talking down to them."
--WASHINGTON POST

"Nobody thinks divorce is good, but it happens. I only wish this book had been available to my kids when their father and I split up."
--LINDA ELLERBEE, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist

About the Author

ELLEN SUE STERN is the founder of Expecting Change Workshops, President of Stern Literary Enterprises, a Celebrity Ambassador for the National MS Society, and the author of twenty books. Her writing has been featured in Self, Women's Day, Marie Claire, Sports Illustrated, WebMd, Match.com, and CNN.com.

ZOE STERN has published three other books: Questions Kids Wish They Could Ask Their Parents, Protect This Girl: Words of Inspiration from Girl to Girl, and Protect This Girl's Journal. She is currently living in Chicago, where she works as a Child Life Specialist at a children's hospital.

EVAN STERN is a former camp counselor whose writings have been published in the American Jewish World and student publications. He is currently studying sustainability at SUNY-Southampton.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Tricycle Press; Rev Upd edition (March 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582462410
• ISBN-13: 978-1582462417
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #57,538 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars pretty good book for kids on coping with divorce, November 20, 2000

By	Paul0 (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Divorce Is Not the End of the World : Zoe's And Evan's Coping Guide for Kids (Paperback)

This short book is pretty good for helping kids between 9 and 15, say, cope with separation and divorce. It's written by two (obviously unusually literate and relationship-savvy) kids, and their mom, who has written other books on related subjects. It discusses feelings of guilt, anger, managing belongings between two houses, planning birthdays and other events, avoiding manipulation by parents, sharing your thoughts with friends and parents, finding the bright side of a sad situation, dealing with parents' boyfriends/girlfriends, with step-parents, and with step-siblings. The book focuses on kids in the age range stated, so it wouldn't be as much help for much younger kids or for adult kids. It also assumes for the most part that the parents are communicating with each other and able to cooperate. The book is more concise and direct (less psychobabble) than many adult-oriented self-help books, and certainly much more incisive than the small-child-oriented books such as "Dinosaur's Divorce". It's short enough that you can read it cover to cover in the bookstore, as I did :-) .

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My 12 year old recommends this book to his friends, July 9, 2007

By	Smiley One (Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Divorce Is Not the End of the World : Zoe's And Evan's Coping Guide for Kids (Paperback)

This book was recommended during my co-parenting class. I bought it for my then 10 year old son, he read the entire book and found a lot of helpful information. I appreciated hearing a kid's point of view regarding many of my concerns. The ideas definitely shaped how I deal with my son.

It's now 18 months after the divorce and my son is settled into having 2 homes and two families. He's recommending the book to his friends going through the same experience.

I'm buying another copy because I need one to share with friends.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Stern children give a lot of good information, February 29, 2008

By	armchairinterviews.com (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

Divorce is Not the End of the World, now in paperback, is a revised and updated edition of the 1997 version.

With almost half of the marriages in the United States ending in divorce, a lot of kids are impacted. Even if some children have not personally experienced divorce in their family, they most assuredly know kids who have have. This is a difficult situation and Zoe and Evan Stern's book can provide some helpful information that is practical and thought-provoking.

The added advantage of the Sterns' book is that their mother, Ellen Sue Stern, weighs in with information and answers. Together the three Sterns offer kids some guidance, encouragement and the knowledge that they are not alone, that their questions are normal, the feelings they are experiencing are okay and that divorce is difficult, but it is not the end of the world.

Armchair Interviews says: A practical guide for teens and pre-teens from kids who have gone through divorce themselves.