My Daddy's Going Away...

... helping children cope with temporary paternal separation

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My Daddy is going away - but that's OK!  Daddies often have to go away from home and leave their family and children behind.  Whether a soldier, sailor, airman, businessman, oil-rigger, truck driver, doctor, actor or sportsman - all Dads have to go away sometimes and temporary separation affects the whole family.   Whatever he does, and no matter why Dad has to leave home, it is hard on all the family.  If Dad's departure is understood, his absence is more likely to be accepted and this will reduce anxiety.  The book My Daddy's Going Away... and this website will help you and your children talk through the stressors of paternal separation and find ways to lessen the anxiety that is often felt across the family.  The book is 171mm x 171mm and is printed in full colour - buy your copy now!
 
My Daddy's Going Away... is a charming and educational children's picture book, endorsed by HRH The Prince of Wales, and designed to support families through the stress of paternal separation (see video interview at the bottom of this page).  My Daddy's Going Away is '...a brilliant aid for an increasingly difficult issue...'.  If used with this website, the book will:
 
  • Increase your child's resilience to separation
    ("I know why I feel like I do...")
  • Decrease your child's feeling of isolation ("I'm not the only one...")
  • Offer coping strategies for the whole family ("We know what to do to stay close...")

 

 

Take a look through this website to find resources to help you prepare your family for separation - no matter how long that is going to be.  See what a difference knowing a little more means to you... Take a look inside a few pages of the book to get a feel for how it is written then follow these steps ...

 

  1.   Learn more about the deeper meaning of the verses so that you can answer your child's questions
  2.   Take inspiration from the Fun Ideas pages and educate your child through play 
  3.   Read more about the psychology of separation by going to the Paternal Separation pages.  
  4.   Become a facebook fan today and follow the progress of the book. 

 

You are not alone; there are many families who are going through this presure right now and much research has been done to provide coping strategies; find them inside the site now and help your family stay close when the situation forces you apartHow to use this book...

 

ISBN: 978-0-9564651-0-8.

The story can be read on several levels and is developmentally relevant for all children (and Dads)! 

 

Education and welfare support are keys to ensuring happy and healthy children.  By offering a level of emotional support the My Daddy's Going Away... book and website:  

 

  • Support families by educating Dads before departure and Mums and kids throughout, and
  • Provide a preventative 'medicine' for the mental & physical health of families by reducing stress and anxiety.

 

 

 

There is an increased focus on the issue of paternal separation.  Dad's departure is not just a personal issue for kids or a problem for mums - paternal separation may have a very real effect on : 

  • how Dads feel about themselves, and
  • how Dads perform when conducting the business that has sent them away from their families. 

 

Good, comprehensive, support prior to and during a period of separation will help:

  • ... Dads focus more on their mission, whatever that might be, and become more effective and efficient at work. 
  • ... family left at home to bond and work together.

Success at work, even if on the otherside of the world, when balanced with a healthy family at home, will help the whole family cope with temporary paternal separation.  Every verse of My Daddy's Going Away can be used to educate children and families to cope better.

 

Emotional health and wellbeing are increasingly important to families and business alike.  We all know that there is a definate link between emotional state and behaviour:  a happy worker is a better worker... and a happy parent is a better parent. 

 

Find out how you can help your children better cope with temporary paternal separation - take a look inside the book now!

 

Buy your copy now - click here.

 

My Daddy's Going Away... is available for online sale now.  Go to the Buy it now! page and follow instructions for UK, BFPO or Rest of World sales.  If you have any questions about sales or bulk order discounts, use the contact us page or email me now at chris@mydaddysgoingaway.com.

 

My Daddy's Going Away promotes Combat Stress.  Click the logo to go to their site:

  

 

 

My Daddy's Going Away also strongly supports

the following Service charities:

 

The Army Benevolent Fund

 

 

Help for Heroes

 

 

Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA) Forces Help