Unconditionally Conditional: How They Love Me. How They Love Each Other. How They Love Others.

by Michael A. Brown

★★★★★ "...a book that presents a great deal of important and serious questions about love that children might be asking, even if only within themselves...One important asset of the book is the fact the questions cover a broad spectrum of love relationships. The greatest strength of Michael Brown's Unconditionally Conditional is the way the questions are presented...easily allows parents or a parent and the child to focus on the one question that is of uppermost concern to the child. In addition, this is the kind of book that children need to be introduced to, just so they can share their thoughts about love in general and so that parents can be aware of and alerted to any concerns children might have about being loved and knowing that they are loved." - Kathy Golden for Readers' Favorite

38 pages, Hardcover

Published February 7, 2021

Reviews

[Jessica Townsend · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book has great intent. The book is vivid and highlights real raw questions many children may have for their parents or parents that are separating. This topic is vital to raise healthy adjusted adults and I can truly appreciate the author creating a book to allow conversations that will help children deal with it but for me to purchase for a child, it would deal greatly on the age and comprehension level of the reader for this book. This book can be so influential in the right circumstances. It poses questions that cross several age levels from a child’s perspective in the targeted age range but the sentence structure doesn’t flow easily and some of the words are simply just out of the comprehension level of children under the pre teen stage.. the illustrations are more child like than pre teen age.

The fact that it addresses therapy in the future is great! There is a stigma attached to going to therapy when it shouldn’t be but it also shows the correlation between not addressing issues such as divorce/separation that can have long lasting affects.

Overall the book is good to introduce conversations between children and parents who are facing separation questions/breakups/etc.

[Raven · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book had me thinking on so many levels just from personal experience. I definitely would recommend this book because a lot of children I know have asked questions about the difference between unconditionally and conditional. If their parents love them how they love each other so this book has opened my eyes. This book has me looking at certain things differently but it always has me wondering certain things.

[Kimberly Herbert · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book for parents to read to their child to open the dialogue about a recent divorce. Definitely not a book a child should read by themselves as I think it’d just add more confusion, but a wonderful way to start that difficult talk with your child.

[Melanie Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book for parent to read with their children. Gives them the opportunity to have an open discussion on what may be a difficult subject. Highly recommend for an family going through divorce etc

[Carley Sullivan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the sentiment of this book and I think it’s a great message, but I wish this one didn’t try so hard to rhyme. I think it would have been even more powerful without it.

[Myisha Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mike Brown strikes again. Another child geared book. Totally relatable and simplified for easy comprehension.