With
the divorce rate nearing fifty per cent, there is a real need for this material, especially for younger children. Here, a little girl of about six tells how her parents’ separation affects her life. She describes the outings she enjoys when visiting her father and the happy times she has with her mother. She wonders whether she will also grow up and get married and “then get apart” and whether “Daddy wants to get married with Paula.” She hopes Santa knows where she will be at Christmas. Her dearest wish is to make her parents happy together, but she understands that she is powerless to do this. Most important, she is secure in the love of each of them, “just not together.”
In the beautiful and reassuring story Mom and Dad Don’t Live Together Anymore by Kathy Stinson, a child learns to adjust to the separation of her parents. In what can be a most painful and confusing time in the life of separating parents and the children within that family unit, here is a children’s story that offers healing and hope in the midst of that brokenness.
