Helping Young Children Ages 3-8 Navigate Life Between Two Homes - Paperback

by Laura Bennett (Author)

Living between two homes can feel confusing, overwhelming, and emotionally exhausting for young children-especially during the early stages of divorce or separation.

Helping Young Children Ages 3-8 Navigate Life Between Two Homes offers compassionate, practical guidance for parents supporting children through the emotional realities of transitioning between households. Rather than focusing on legal strategy or idealized co-parenting, this book centers on what these changes actually feel like to young children and how parents can create emotional safety during everyday transitions.

Grounded in early childhood development and trauma-informed parenting principles, this guide helps parents understand behaviors such as anxiety, meltdowns, regression, clinginess, and emotional shutdown during custody transitions. It also provides specialized insight for sensitive and neurodivergent children-including children with ADHD, autism, and dyslexia-who may struggle more intensely with change and inconsistency.

Inside, parents will discover:

Practical ways to reduce stress during transitions between homes

Age-appropriate communication tools that build trust and security

Strategies for creating consistency across two households

Guidance for supporting emotional regulation during difficult moments

Calm, realistic approaches for navigating high-conflict co-parenting situations

Written in a warm, non-judgmental tone, this book reassures parents that emotional safety does not require perfect circumstances-only steady, caring support.

Part of the Steady Ground Series, this guide helps families build stability, resilience, and emotional connection during times of change.