Split Survival Kit: 10 Steps For Coping With Your Parents' Separation

by Ruth Fitzgerald, Angharad Rudkin

Finding out that your parents are splitting up can feel scary and upsetting. It can also be hard to know who you can talk to about it. But you are NOT alone.

Psychologist Angharad Rudkin is here to guide you on this journey with 10 simple steps that will help you to feel calmer, stronger, confident and more positive about the future.

From acceptance and resilience, to communication and compassion towards other people, this book will help you tackle the tricky situations that a divorce can bring, and answer some of the questions going through your head.

With practical and positive tips, this book will show you that change is a tough journey, but with the right survival kit, you will reach a happier destination!

160 pages, Paperback

Published February 17, 2022

About the author

Ruth Fitzgerald is the author of the 'Emily Sparkes' series, published by Little, Brown UK. Ruth grew up in South Wales, and has spent most of her adult life in Suffolk, via Brighton and Japan. Ruth finds it very difficult to be serious for more than three minutes at a time. One day she realised she was a grown-up and tried to do 'proper' jobs. In fact she tried around 23 proper jobs, but her habit of giggling in management meetings meant she didn't get on as well as she should have. Fortunately, Ruth found that children also find it hard to be serious for more than three minutes at a time and they also hate management meetings. Since realising this she has stopped going to meetings and started writing funny stories. Now everyone is happy

Reviews

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book to help children negotiate their way through parents' separation. Full of practical tips as well as techniques for understanding emotions, it really looks at all possible angles.
A lot of the advice regarding emotions is transferrable to any situation - writing things down, meditative time and sometimes just shouting into the void and are all useful tips in many situations.
I liked that there were lots of real life examples too, as these would be instantly identifiable for a lot of readers.