The first in a series of illustrated storybooks for parents and children to read together, “Who Can I Love?” addresses the needs children have in today’s changing family structure, with each book having a central coping theme. The central theme of this story is that it’s okay for a child to love different family members that come into a young child’s life as the family changes, grows, and evolves.
"Who Can I Love?" is the perfect bibliotherapy ("therapy reading") when parents or step-parents have concerns for children regarding "parental alienation syndrome", “divorce poison”, anxiety, and/or depression. The majority of today’s families consist of unmarried, remarried, single, or divorced parents. When a parent brings a new partner into their child’s/children’s world, it's often high-conflict drama between parents with children caught in the middle.
Presented in a storybook style for enjoyable reading by parents and children, "Who Can I Love?" provides a very simple and effective way to help children of divorced, never-married, or separated parents to be happier and healthier! Kayden, our central character, is faced with loyalty and love conflicts when he has a new step-parent. Unresolved, these conflicts create signs of depression and low self-esteem in Kayden. The conflicts are resolved with the help of his family and friends; resulting in Kayden becoming a healthier and happier child.
“Who Can I Love?” explores the child’s response to the parents’ conflicts; often reflected in low self-esteem, anxiety, and depression in the child/children.
A common cause for this is a parent’s fear of displacement; with at least one of the parents afraid that they are being displaced in the child's mind by the other parent's new spouse or significant other.
“Who Can I Love?” explores this in a storybook presentation for parents and children to read together, providing very clear and practical ways to resolve this problem, resulting in the child/children being happier and healthier. This multi-cultural story gives a voice to a typical child’s thoughts and feelings, providing validation and resolution to a very real struggle occurring within the child and the family.
