When My Parents Separate, I Have A Plan - Paperback

by Jessica Churchill (Illustrator), Katherine Eskovitz (Author)

When My Parents Separate, I Have a Plan is a groundbreaking children's picture book for all ages to help children (and parents) adjust to separation in a healthy way. It is critical that children have the opportunity to ask questions and feel some control over their situation in the midst of a separation. This Have a Plan Book provides an engaging, straightforward, and gentle approach. Grounded in brain science, it empowers children to L.E.A.D.: to integrate Logic and Emotions to Analyze and Decide on a plan to thrive. Learning facts about separation, examining the emotions involved, analyzing suggestions, and deciding on a plan teaches resilience and lifelong coping and communication skills. It also provides a thoughtful and comforting framework for discussion. Most importantly, the lessons in this book-including that a child is NEVER to blame when parents separate-can truly help a child navigate their new situation, making a difference now and for years to come. Blueprint it: This Have a Plan title can also be personalized online at www.littleblueprint.com. You can add names, a dedication, a character resembling your child, and/or photos of both parent and child. It is not only engaging, but useful for children to see themselves as the hero of their own story; it promotes both comprehension and recall of critical information about separation, and helps children to process their situation and thrive.

Author Biography

Katherine Eskovitz began her career as a trial lawyer. A graduate of Yale Law School and Cornell University, Katherine practiced law for seventeen years as a federal prosecutor and partner in a national law firm before turning her courtroom skills, and experience as a former speechwriter, to writing for a new audience: children. Katherine's Have a Plan Books, available at www.littleBLUEPRINT.com, are the result of years of research on child development and brain science, collaboration with experts, and passion for photography. Katherine speaks as a parenting educator and specialist on plan-based learning at schools across the country. A native New Yorker, Katherine lives in Santa Monica, California, with her husband and three children.