Max Sindell is a young author aged just 23 from the states, and after he lived through his parents’ divorce from the age of six, and then his father’s second divorce he decided to put pen to paper a write about it, in a bid to help children cope throughout such a tough time, as he did. He shows in the book how he managed to turn out as a happy well adjusted adult.

Sindell’s book published this year “Bright Side: Surviving your parents’ divorce” proposes seven points to help children to deal with their parents’ divorce, “Divorced Kids Bill of rights”, the number one most important thing he said is to feel safe and secure.

He also has a website named survivingyourparentsdivorce.com He was asked by the examiner if there really was a bright side? He told them “Yes, there is”.

He talks about independence and self-confidence, building companionships with step brothers and sisters, how he travelled more, and of course that he had two homes, two sets of friends, two neighborhoods and two birthday parties thrown for him, calling constantly on his own experiences as reference for his book.

The seven rights that children going through their parents divorce according to Sindell are: the right to awareness, the right to counseling, the right to be heard, the right to neutrality, the right to be your own person and the right to private communication. He also does make reference to the suffering the parents have throughout the divorce. Although this book is written for the children of divorce we really think it’s an insightful read for the parents going through the divorce, as well as a great help for the children. “Bright Side: Surviving your parents’ divorce” is available from Amazon and other leading book shops.

Source: examiner