Two Homes

This is a warm, reassuring book that gently helps children understand they can feel safe, loved, and supported while living in two homes. It’s concise, easy to follow, and uses uplifting language that normalizes family changes without minimizing a child’s feelings. A thoughtful and practical resource for children navigating divorce or separation. I'll share it in our private practice.

"Two Homes" was on my Amazon wish list for a while, and now that my son is about to start overnights with his father, I bought this book. "Two Homes" takes a positive, sensitive approach to helping children (and parents) frame a time of transition, which can disrupt even the most emotionally regulated children, in a positive (but not Pollyanna-ish) light. It is so important for kids to know that they are deeply loved in both homes. Thiis book assures them of that in simple terms even very young children can comprehend. Children can often feel like they have no home rather than two homes, so I think it's important to reinforce their place in each household, which this book does.

I was a child therapist and am now a parent of a child and going through a divorce. I read this book to my 2 year old son at the time when we talked to him about his parents splitting apart. He really grasped it and held on. This book and another got him through the move to a new place and helped him to adjust to visits between two homes. We revisit it as necessary and when things change. Sometimes my son will ask for it. I keep it on a low shelf so he can hear it when he wants. I can't recommend this book more highly. I have suggested it to other parents as well and they told me it was really helpful. I love that it is so age appropriate and positive. It reminds the child that both parents still love him and will both provide a loving and comfortable and safe environment for him to come and go. It eases the anxiety of going from house to house and provides reassurance.

This wasn't an inspired classic or anything, just a simple, comforting recitation of the nature of two parent homes - (daddy loves you at Daddy's house, mommy loves you at Mommy's house, you have toys here, you have toys there, etc) I thought the illustrations were on the ugly side of cute.

With a friend going through divorce this book has been helpful for the children to see the new reality of a home with mom and a home with dad. No judgement in this book. At all. Just pictures and text showing 2 parents that love their kids, each having a different house and life for their kids. This book has helped and will continue to help a small person feel that there is a place for them that includes both parents, 2 people that will be there to take care of them and love them.

Book discusses what it’s like having two homes/ divorced parents.

I love this book! My husband and I are divorcing and we have a 4yr old daughter. She doesn't fully comprehend what a divorce means or that we won't be living together any more so this book has been really helpful for her to understand the aspectic of having two homes now. I appreciate that the book steers clear of the adult issues of a divorce and focuses solely on the fact that the kid in the book has two of everything, one at mommy's house, the other at daddy's house, and though it may be different both are equally just as good and provided with love. I definitely recommend this book for those that would like to have a cordial divorce with an emphasis on loving the child, and not the details that children rarely need.

I bought this book to read with my 3yr old daughter who is very intelligent. I thought that she'd figure out that I had a bit of an agenda with this book but she didn't feel weird about it at all! She was so excited when Alex in the book says, "Daddy lives here and sometimes I'm with Daddy. Mommy lives there and sometimes I'm with Mommy so I have two homes!" Her face lit up and she looked at me with a smile and said, "I have two homes too!" The first night she had me read it to her twice. Now she wants to read it every single night and has it memorized and "reads" it to me. I think she is so excited about this book because she really identifies with the boy in the story and it is very simple. Some of the other divorce related books I looked at got WAY too complicated...step-parents and siblings and such. This is a great book if you are newly divorced or have very small children and don't want to get into the details or side issues. I love this book and glad it makes my daughter feel good and understand her situation a little bit more.

Good concept for children not missing, just gain a house

en anglais mais il semble que la traduction existe maintenant: pour parler du divorce simplement pour les enfants dès quatre ans. voire trois ans.

Este libro es un verdadero tesoro para familias o para abordar en el aula una separación o un divorcio. Con una delicadeza y sensibilidad maravillosas, "Two Homes" aborda un tema difícil y lo convierte en algo comprensible y, lo más importante, lleno de amor. La historia de Alex, que tiene una casa con mamá y una casa con papá, nos muestra de una forma muy visual y reconfortante que, aunque los espacios y los objetos sean diferentes en cada lugar, el amor de ambos padres es constante. Es una narración que no se centra en lo que se pierde, sino en lo que se gana: el tener dos hogares llenos de cariño. Las ilustraciones son preciosas y ayudan a los niños a entender que su lugar está en ambos sitios.

Great story to talk and explain the tricky times in children’s lives which can be confusing and worrying to let them know all will be ok Lovely pictures to share too

The book received today, seems used and not in good condition.