"A family is about lots of different things,
and our mom and dad will always and forever and ever
be our mom and dad."
Ellie is a cheerful girl dealing with major changes in her family after her parents' divorce. In a friendly, accessible, and light-hearted way, she shares her experiences, feelings, and insights about her new family life with children like her whose parents are divorced or about to divorce.
In her special way, Ellie helps children connect with their experiences and allows them to draw strength and hope and maintain joy, alongside other emotions, even after their parents' separation.
This sensitive, optimistic, and inspiring story about adapting to a new family situation weaves important and positive messages for children and their parents, with the most important message of all:
"A family is about lots of different things,
and our mom and dad will always and forever and ever be our mom and dad."
Elinor Eldar is a certified family counselor with a master's degree, a parental coordinator and divorce mediator, who guides and supports parents through various stages of separation to help them preserve the family and children even after divorce.
Elinor herself is a child of divorced parents from a young age and defines herself as forever a child of divorce. She is married and a mother of 4 daughters.
This book was written inspired by real events described in a gentle and relatable way, and it is woven with soothing, optimistic, and important messages and insights that every child whose parents divorced needs to hear.