Two Homes
October 2nd, 2009 by admin | Filed under divorce.
From School Library Journal
reS-Gr 1-Young Alex’s parents are divorced, and he spends time with each of them. He has two rooms, two favorite chairs, two sets of friends, two of everything. He loves both of them no matter where he is, and they love him, no matter where they are. The ink, watercolor, and gouache illustrations are comforting and warm. There is no sign of the child missing one parent when he is with the other or questioning his situation, and he seems quite well adjusted. This book is clearly intended to help parents tell their children that they are still loved despite their living arrangements. For a different view of how children may feel about sharing two homes, look to Judith Caseley’s Priscilla Twice (Greenwi [Read More...]
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I was divorced a couple years ago and my then three year old was really having a tough time. I bought LOTS of books. This one stands out from them all. My girls could really relate to it. It is a pretty simple book, this is what my room looks like at mom’s, this is what my room looks like at dad’s. It also reinforces that fact that they are loved no matter where they are. I would highly recommend this for anyone going through the nightmare of divorce where kids are involved.
This book is simple and encouraging for the very young child. Amazon has a note that this is for the child up to age 8, but a school age child, other than kindergartener, would find it disappointing. This helps dispell fears of the toddler, young child group of losing their parents somehow with divorce. It addresses that they have a place and home with each parent which helps a young child adjust to divorce in the family. For the younger child, it is worth the cost. For the older child, look for a different book like Dinosaurs Divorce which addresses more feelings and complex issues.
Of the several separated-parenting/divorce children’s books I got, this one really stood out at least apologetic and most encouraging of stability and normalcy.
I got it in 2003 for my then preschooler, and it stuck around in her bookcase for a couple years, read a few times a year (per her desire).
Despite the less-than-ideal circumstance of splitting up a family, the book doesn’t even address the negative. It rather, matter of factly (understanding that kids are pretty resilient), just shows what life is like for the child in the book… two sets of everything, and of course the same amount of love as always. It’s not scary, it’s not unknown. It’s a life that any pre-schooler will be able to understand.
My daughter, now in kindergarten, still refers to her situation as “two homes”. She even commented that some of her classmates have “two homes” too.
What a testament to a children’s book on a difficult subject when the title gets incorporated into a kid’s vocabulary!