About the Book
A child hears the word “divorce” and immediately has about forty questions. They ask maybe two of them out loud. Hey, What About Me? answers the other thirty-eight.
Nan Famular spent nineteen years on the bench deciding where children would sleep on Christmas morning and which parent drives to the game. She interviewed the kids themselves and heard the same worries surface again and again. This book is her answer to every one of them. It’s a conversation with someone who already knows what you’re about to say, showing young readers exactly where their own power lies.
The Day You Find Out
Helping children process the emotions that come with hearing your parents are separating
Adjusting to Two Homes
Valuable guidance for adapting to two homes, new rules, and changing family traditions.
You’re Not Alone
Learn how to talk with friends, manage school/activities, and maintain healthy relationships while navigating change.
Questions & Answers
Age-appropriate responses to the fears and everyday challenges children experience during divorce.
Judge. Family lawyer. Mom of five. Kid advocate!
For forty-four years, Nan S. Famular worked in the middle of other people’s divorces.
She spent twenty-five years practicing family law, then served nineteen years as a Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court, where she heard and decided custody cases, set parenting-time schedules, and what she calls the most important: sat down and talked with the children themselves.
This book is everything she wished she could hand each one of them on the way out the door.
Support for Every Child. Guidance for Every Adult.
Designed for readers aged 8–18, it’s also a trusted resource for parents, grandparents, teachers, counsellors, and caregivers supporting children through family transitions.
For Children
Somebody hands you the words you’ve been reaching for. Read it alone, in your room, at your own pace. Then take it to your parents, open it to the page that fits, and say: this one.
For Parents
A window into the thoughts your child carries quietly even when they struggle to put those emotions into words. learn how to support them with patience and reassurance.
For Caregivers
A trusted resource for grandparents, teachers, counsellors, and coaches to turn to when a child comes with a heavy heart and the right words are hard to find.
Bring home a guide that speaks directly to young readers.
Navigate divorce with understanding and love. Choose the format that works best for your family: print, eBook, or audiobook.
Helpful answers before you begin.
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