How To Go To Visitation Without Throwing-Up (By a real kid and his step-mom)

The Midwest Book Review Internet Bookwatch Volume 12, Number 1 November 2002
How To Go To Visitation Without Throwing Up is a book for young children about coping with regular visitation to separate parents, especially long-distance visitation. Written in very simple language arising from the point of view of a young boy who had a hard time adjusting to the stress of traveling back and forth to visit his mother, How To Go To Visitation Without Throwing up offers more than just a mere advisory text - it has point-by-point observations, travel safety tips, and numerous fun activities to pass the travel time. How To Go To Visitation Without Throwing Up is highly recommended reading and a great resource for any parent having to take a child on a long distance trip to visit friends and relations. 

My name is Joshua and I have been going to visitation since I was born in October 1991. I have got there by car, van, 18 wheeler truck, train, taxicab and airplane. When I was a baby I didn’t care.

When I got bigger I would cry not to go. My dad would hold me and I would shake and cry. I wasn’t afraid of my mom I just did not want to go away. I wanted everyone I loved to stay around me. I traveled to visitation and home 4 to 6 times a year for the big holidays, spring break and summer.

Later I would get mad because my friends where I lived most of the time would get to do lots of stuff while I was gone. My dad said it was not only a order of the court but it was the right thing to do. It cost my mom and my dad a lot of money and trouble to send me back and forth. I would get upset and worried about going and sometimes I made a big deal out of it. I would say I never wanted to go ever again. Sometimes I would even throw-up.

My mom had to work a lot. I spent most of my time with a baby-sitter and sometimes with my grown-up half-sister and her children. I love my mom and would have a great time with her. I wouldn’t be nervous or worried when I was with her.

Then last summer my mom said she probably would not have the money to have me for the summer. I got really upset. I was surprised because I thought I didn’t want to go. But when I thought I couldn’t go my feelings were hurt. Finally I did get to go for 9 days instead of 42 and I was happy. Now it looks like I won’t get to see her much and I am sad about that. I would like to go and see her when I want to see her. Not when the judge or the money says I can.

Visitation has been a big thing in my life and I hope I can help you with yours. Joshua Shane Evans

How To Go To Visitation Without Throwing-Up
Table of Contents

Introduction Does Anyone Like Visitation?  Reasons Kids Don’t Want To Go  Reasons You Need To Go  Thinking About It Makes Me Sick  Things That Won’t Help  Things That Will Help  The Parent Traps  Tips to Help Parents  Travel Stories  Every Friday Night  Nerd At Home, Star At Visit  Don’t Eat Them  A Trip In A Trip In A Trip  Flying With A Pilot  Peanuts and Other Kids  Visitation Center  Airplane GameBoy Lesson  Packing A Surprise  Travel Safety  Trip Information  Why Have Travel Activities?  Things You Can and Can’t Change  Picture Squares  Circle Squares  Where Do I Grow?  Lists  News Hound  Make a Happiness Recipe  Your Happiness Recipe  The Best Riddles  Worry Pages  Worry Wart List  Why Kids Worry  Worry Busters  Your Worry List  What If List  My Pet  Strengths List  Answering the Bully  Kid Business Cards

Fill In Feelings  Code Maker  Hair Survey  Things That Make Me Sad  Body Parts  My Wish List  Your Wish List  My Finger Puppets  Draw Hand Ideas  Draw A Fortune Telling Hand  Kid Fortune Cookies  Move the Letters  Anagram Your Name  Where Do You Go For _____?  Mapping a Room  Map To My House  Map  Pig Latin  Cross Out  My Hidden Word Puzzle  Your Hidden Word Puzzle  Word Games for 2 or More  My 2 and 1/2 Homes  Draw Your Homes  My Happy Times  Draw Your Happy Times  My Letter  Letters by Brittany Johnson  Your Letters  Dear God,  Dear My Son,  Dear Daughter,  Dear Pet,  Dear Mom,  Dear Dad,  Dear Jerk,  Dear Favorite Teacher,  Dear Grown Up Me,  Want your stuff in this book?  Other Books for Kids

How To Go To Visitation Without Throwing-Up