A Book for Children Whose Parents Regularly Argue
“The little jumping mouse wakes up quite frightened. Her parents are arguing again, so loudly that she can’t help but hear.” That is how the story of the little jumping mouse begins. The conflict between her parents makes her very miserable and sad. The mouse decides to leave home. Walking with the wise eagle through the savannah, she observes different animal families who are also having arguments. They discover that no argument is like the other, and the two of them fi nd out that it is normal and sometimes important to argue, but that certain rules must be followed, so that at the end of the day everyone can get along, and nobody suffers from the quarrels.
This book is intended to make it easier for affected children to understand their situation and to deal with it. It shows that there are different types of quarrels, and that sometimes it is even okay to argue.
For:
• children of elementary school age (between 6 and 12 years of age) who are suffering because of their parents’ quarreling• parents, relatives• therapists