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Divorce Resources for Pre-Teens 10 to 13 years of age Journal Writing Pre-teens use journals to create an historical account of events that occurred in their daily life. Pre-teens in divorce should make sure that they also write about their emotions. Pre-teens who are faithful to this craft will be able to better organize their thoughts and feelings and communicate more clearly to friends, parents, teachers or counselors. Journal writing creates a pre-teen that is more resilient, one who is able to transition through difficult events and circumstances. Children who can talk about anger sadness and hopelessness are the same children who can begin to write about their feelings. The emotions contained in our spinning wheel of emotions create a perfect word bank children can use when writing their journals. **** PRIVACY RULE ***** THIS JOURNAL IS THE CHILD’S ACCOUNT THEIR OF INNERMOST THOUGHTS FEELINGS. AND PARENTS SHOULD AVOID READING (OR USING) THE JOURNAL AGAINST THEIR PRE-TEEN. KIDS FIRST PARENTS SECOND