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My Teacher Said Goodbye Today: Planning for the End of the School Year

  • Saying goodbye is important for all of us.
  • It is a significant part of the school year.
  • Children need help in learning how to say goodbye.

This unique and valuable teaching tool has been used by professionals and parents of daycare, pre-school and elementary-aged children. It is a picture book for children and a guide for professionals and parents - including activities and suggestions for planning.

Cost: $9.95

ISBN 0 961 8303-7-9 (revised 1999)
ISBN 0 9618303-8-7 (1978)

To order book, please send check or money order to
Judy Osborne
1368 Beacon St. #108
Brookline, MA. 02446

or order on-line at  by clicking this button.


Stepfamilies: The Restructuring Process

Understand these phases:

  • Fantasy
  • Pretending
  • Panic
  • A New Family Reality

This booklet is written for adults who find themselves in step-relationships; and for children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends who want to understand more about the confusions and joys of becoming a stepfamily.

It is also useful for teachers, clergy, pediatricians, mental health providers, day-care workers and other groups working with families.

Cost $7.00

To order book, please send check or money order to 
Judy Osborne
1368 Beacon St. #108
Brookline, MA. 02446

or order on-line at  by clicking this button.


Wisdom for Separated Parents

New Book

New Language
New Models for Separated Parents

When talking about separated parents, one always bumps up against the limits of language. Our family forms outpace our language. Families don’t break, they change.

A post-divorce relationship is no longer an oxymoron. Wisdom for Separated Parents proposes new terms: “untangling” and “rearranging.” 

These words give a definition to the web of continued connections and keep children at the center of their family, not as the remnants of something “broken.” As parents continue to care for their children they can talk and think about success as parents rather than a failure of marriage.


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