Product Description

This title features Foreword by Professor Peter Hill, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. More than 28 per cent of children in the UK are affected by the separation of their parents. Often they have to cope alone. Many adults tell themselves that children are resilient, while others feel they are hurting the people they love the most. In this book, Julie Lynn Evans will help you to do what she does professionally, by identifying with your children and providing powerful practical tools to overcome their problems. "What About the Children?": advises on children of all ages from toddlers to teenagers; helps carers, friends and relatives, as well as parents, to interpret a child's symptoms and reactions; explains how a child's friendships, schooling and overall well-being are affected; provides tips on how to really listen and take action when a child tries to communicate difficult feelings; and, highlights advantages for children with single, separated or divorced parents. With case studies to illustrate a whole range of symptoms, Julie Lynn Evans demonstrates the myriad ways in which children express their emotions under stress. From the 'dragon child' to the 'too-good child', her sensitive and calm voice will reassure you at a time when your own world is under great strain.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #86896 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-26
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Review
"Compassionate and sensitive, Julie Lynn Evans' book should become a bible for every adult interested in helping children from fragmented homes." --Nigella Lawson

Review
"Wonderfully clear and forceful... Her analysis of teenagers' needs is concise and no-nonsense"

Review
"Julie Lynn Evans deals with troubled children with remarkable devotion and insight... Her account of the mental stresses and strains that parental break-up inflicts on children could not be more timely."

Customer Reviews

Understanding the alien that is your teenage child
Informative book for parents at a loss to understand the behaviour of their 'moody' or 'out of control' children. It is a good guide for parents of children of any age, not necessarily for divorced or separated parents. I found it a great relief to discover that my teenage sons behaviour was reasonably 'normal' and that by recognising how my reactions and behaviour could either exasperate or relieve many of the communication problems I have with my children family life in our home has dramatically improved. Although the book is primarily concerned with problems connected with children with separated or divorced parents, this is not exclusive as any major event in a child's life can cause trauma. The book does not offer a cure, as every child and circumstance will be unique, but does give you a better understanding of how children may react to major changes in their lives and to the behaviour of their parents. It is a very informative read, and together with the contact details of many supporting organisations, it is a 'must have' self help book for any parent who is tearing their hair out in an effort to try to understand and help their 'out of control' child.

What About The Children by Julie Lynn Evans
This is a must read for anybody with children who is either going through a divorce or is trying to help someone who is going through the break up of a marriage. I have watched many of my friends, quite unknowingly, cause terrible damage to their children. Divided loyalties, confusion, over protective and often pathetically and unreasonably guilty children are often used as pawns in the elaborate dissemination of the blame game that broken hearted or defiant parents unwittingly put their children through.

Julie Lynn Evans gives kind and thoughtful advice. She has clearly been there, done that and has found a way to forgive her ex husband enough to give him a loving tribute in her acknowledgements. Her skills as a psychotherapist combine with a very real warmth and empathy. Her advice is practical and non judgemental. Buy it and read it and you may very well make a troubled child's life much easier. Not to mention your own.

Common Sense Prevails
A practical no nonsense approach to an extremely sensitive & emotive subject is what sets this book apart from others . Julie Lynn Evans draws upon her personal & professional experience to explain what children may be feeling & why they behave as they do which many adults quite unwittingly fail to realise whilst they go through the stresses of divorce or separation. This book gives all parents a better understanding of what their children may also be experiencing & provides some practical sensible suggestions.