Divorce Care for Kids

The Need

Help your children heal from the pain of divorce.

Are your children angry, hurt and confused about your divorce? Finding help for your children can be frustrating. DivorceCare for Kids, DC4K, provides a safe, fun place where your children will

    * Learn to understand their feelings
    * Express their emotions appropriately
    * Feel better about themselves
    * Develop coping skills
    * Be introduced to biblical concepts that will bring comfort

The Why

Some children struggle deeply with the separation and divorce, while others seem to bounce back quickly. In the long run, all children are affected. DC4K will help minimize and eliminate the short- and long-term negative effects of divorce on your children's schoolwork, emotional health and spiritual life.

As your children begin to heal from the pain and confusion, their relationships with you, God and others will grow healthy and strong.

The Meetings

DC4K is a special group to help your children heal from the pain caused by a separation or divorce. DC4K provides your children with a safe and neutral place to recognize and learn to share their feelings.

For 13 weeks your children become involved in a fun, caring group at a church near you. The weekly session topics help your children learn that God's love strengthens them and helps them turn their sadness to hope and their anger to joy.

Each session is filled with motivating and exciting activities. Games, crafts, role playing, discussion times, journaling and workbooks help your children process the divorce and move forward in their lives. The music CDs, snacks, read aloud stories, exercises and Bible verses teach your children to relax and rest secure in God's love. The Kids Like Me and Stories from the Bible video dramas present stories of children just like your children, who are experiencing divorce-related problems and have found help and encouragement.

DC4K is a powerful ministry for kids 5-12 years of age. Children look forward to each time their "DC4K family" gets together. Your children can be part of a DC4K family.

The Leaders

The leadership team for DivorceCare for Kids consists of people who share a genuine concern about the way divorce is affecting your children now and in the future.

Many DC4K leaders have been through the divorce of their own parents or have experienced a divorce themselves and are examples of the healing and restoration that can occur. They understand the issues surrounding a divorce and want to help your children.

DC4K leaders have an excitement for the DC4K program and have participated in leadership training.