Your Child - Your Divorce

How many times have you heard the following sentences from your kids?

“I’m fine. Stop bothering me”
“Nothing is wrong. I told you already”.
“Leave me alone. I don’t want to talk about it”

You know your child is going through a difficult time with the divorce but is reluctant to talk about his or her feelings and experience. You want to help, but feel helpless.

What Didn’t You Say?

“What Didn’t You Say?” is a comprehensive Parent’s Guide written to assist and guide you, the parents, on how to use Earthquake in Zipland in order to help your child go through and grow through this transition time in his/your lives.

How to Use the Guide:

Every family has its own comfort level with openness and emotional sharing. From the age of about nine, children generally have a more developed verbal ability and are better able to use language to cope with the loss experienced in divorce. However, as the pain is often too intense to face, children may deny, ignore or avoid it, something that continues into their adolescent years. At the time these defense mechanisms may be an effective way of protecting them from pain, however in the long run the consequences may be serious.

Each section in the guidebook contains a brief description of a psychological issue raised by one of the scenes in the game as well as a referral to a screenshot of the relevant game episode. Following each description are different suggestions a parent may choose to ask or do with his child in order to enhance the effect of the game. These tips are categorized into four sections: “Questions Parents May Want to Ask their Children”, “Information Parents May Want to Elicit”, “Messages you May Want to Convey to your Child” and “Tips for Parents.”

QUESTIONS PARENTS MAY WANT TO ASK THEIR CHILDREN
Is a list of questions relating to the characters in the game and can enable the child to express his feeling indirectly through his identification with the characters.

INFORMATION PARENTS MAY WANT TO ELICIT
Is a list of questions that focuses more directly on what your child is feeling and thinking. Use these questions when you think that your child is ready to share his feelings.

MESSAGES YOU MAY WANT TO CONVEY TO YOUR CHILD
Is a list of general ideas that you may want to share with your child.

TIPS FOR PARENTS
Is a list of other suggestions you may want to try in order to help your child.

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