Good Divorce Books - Parenting after divorce

Parenting after divorce

		What about the Kids?: Raising Your Children Before, During, and After Divorce by Judith Wallerstein GoodBooks Review - If you have children and were to purchase only one book to help guide you in your parenting through divorce, this should be the book. Wallerstein, one of only several long-term reserachers in the area of divorce, finally wrote a parenting primer after 35 years plus of talking to divorced parents and children. This book is as good as having a best friend who talks to you in an honest manner - sharing important information that you don't always want to hear but very much need to know and understand. The ten chapters in WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS? include: 1) The Break Up: This chapter focuses on the adult in crisis. 2) What To Tell the Children: These words will be remembered for a lifetime-how to get them right 3) The First Year: Maximum turmoil. Setting new routines and maintaining a connection with each child 4) The Dust Settles: The issues that come up in the first decade after divorce. 5) Co-Parenting: How to be good parents while living separate lives. 6) Teens in the Post-Divorce Family: Troublesome behavior, morality on trial, your child's future relationships and much more. 7) The Young Adult of Divorce: Spouses and negotiations for college and living expenses, abandonment issues. 8) Long Term Changes in Parent/Child Relationships: The members of divorced and remarried families can be both closer and more conflicted than in intact families-what the issues are and how to address them. 9) Second Marriages: Preparing a child for new relationships-what are the children most afraid of? How to be a step parent; why second marriages succeed or fail. 10) Bridging the Generations: Adult children of divorce and how they relate to their parents-the two way street.
		$14.95

		Mom's House, Dad's House: Making Two Homes for Your Child by Isolina Ricci The groundbreaking classic, now revised, updated and expanded, covers the legal, financial and emotional realities of creating two happy and stable homes for children in the often difficult and confusing aftermath of a divorce.
		$15.00

		Parenting After Divorce: A Guide to Resolving Conflicts and Meeting Your Children's Needs by Philip Stahl In the real world, divorcing parents are often in conflict, and lots of arguments are the rule, not the exception. However if parents continue to argue after the divorce says Dr. Philip Stahl, the children will suffer." Stahl knows parents are not perfect and in this book he shows imperfect parents how to settle their differences in the best interests of their children. This is a powerful practical book that every divorcing parent should read while there's still time to ensure a secure and healthy future for their children." Here at last is a realistic perspective on divorce and its effects on children. PARENTING AFTER DIVORCE features knowledgeable advice from an expert custody evaluator. Packed with real-world examples, this book avoids idealistic assumptions, and offers practical help from divorcing parents, custody evaluators, family court counselors, marriage and family therapists, and others interested in the well-being of children. Dr. Stahl's advice will help you avoid the dozen most common mistakes that divorcing parents make -- and spare you the emotional and financial damage they can cost you and your children. His 30-point sample parenting plan sets a new standard for families who want to bring order out of the usual chaos of parenting after divorce.
		$15.95

		Ex-Etiquette for Parents : Good Behavior After a Divorce or Separation by Jann Blackstone-Ford & Sharyl Jupe From Publishers Weekly Blackstone-Ford is a divorce and stepfamily mediator who married Jupe’s first husband. Together, they’ve written a thoughtful, well-informed guide to practicing good behavior after a divorce or separation. Their combined experiences as wife and ex-wife, along with Blackstone-Ford’s professional expertise, allow them to expound on a number of situations. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Book Description Written for both biological parents and stepparents, this helpful guide provides the tools necessary to raising well-adjusted children after a stressful divorce. Innovative in its technique and cowritten by a certified divorce and stepfamily expert and her own stepchildren's mother, this etiquette book provides an authentic guide for ex-spouses to interact on a civil and healthy level. Sample conversation for everyday scenarios help exes create a positive environment and ensure the mental and physical well-being of the children. Whether it's coordinating discipline between households, introducing a new partner, dealing with late child support payments, or providing a regular schedule for children, this guide empowers parents to change what they can—their attitudes and communication skills. In doing so, divorced parents can increase their self-esteem and personal growth and emerge confident that they can handle awkward situations and powerful emotions while keeping the children's best interests a priority.
		$14.95

		Why Did You Have to Get a Divorce? And When Can I Get a Hamster? : A Guide to Parenting by Anthony Wolf Why did you have to get a divorce? is filled with stories that parents will recognize with relief. Positive at times even funny and above all effective this guide will speak directly to divorcing and divorced parents. " Divorce, argues Anthony E. Wolf, does not have to do long-term damage to a child. In his groundbreaking new book, he shows parents how to steer children through the pain and the complex feelings engendered by divorce, feelings that, if not resolved, can create continuing problems for a child. Wolf also explains how to deal with the difficult issues that so frequently accompany a divorce. How do you tell your child about the divorce? How do you keep your children from being caught between you and your ex-partner? What do you do if that other parent gradually fades out of their lives? Or, how do you maintain strong ties with your children if you are not the primary custodial parent? How do you help them cope with new living arrangements, as well as stepparents or stepsiblings?
		$15.00

		Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex by Julie A. Ross & Judy Corcoran Good Books Review This book really is about understanding the nature of the conflict that arises between uncooperative parents. It helps a parent understand who the problems belongs to and who can change the problems. Some people find the title disrespectful, however I think it is intended with humor in dealing with a tension laden arena. Parenting is difficult enough in a family where the two parents love and respect each other. In divorce, where the respect has diminished and the love has often turned into intense dislike, co-parenting cane drive on or both parents to the brink of insanity. Joint Custody with a Jerk offers many proven communication techniques that will help you deal with your difficult ex-husband or ex-wife by describing examples of common problems and teaching you to examine your role in these sticky situations. These strategies for effective mediation are easy to apply, down-to-earth, and innovative.
		$15.95

		Custody Chaos, Personal Peace : Sharing Custody with an Ex Who is Driving You Crazy by Jeffrey Wittman This empowering guide is an inspirational roadmap for the millions of men and women navigating a rocky relationship with a former spouse-while trying to maintain a healthy atmosphere for their child. How can your problems disappear if your ex won't? How can you cultivate a civil relationship -- for your child's sake -- with an ex who is disrespectful, irresponsible, or downright nasty? Here's the answer. In this empowering, common-sense, and insightful guide for reclaiming your life, you'll discover a road map for relating to a difficult ex while raising children from separate homes. You'll also learn how to create inner peace in the midst of a relationship that often feels impossible. Above all, you'll find enlightening ways for handling, adjusting to, and dealing with an ex who refuses to give an inch.
		$15.95

		Divorce Poison: Protecting the Parent-Child Bond from a Vindictive Ex by Richard Warshak This groundbreaking work gives parents powerful strategies to preserve and rebuild loving relationships with their children and provides legal and mental-health professionals with practical advice to help their clients and ensure the welfare of children. Your ex-spouse is bad-mouthing you to your children, perhaps even trying to turn them against you. If you handle the situation ineffectively, you could lose your children’s respect, their affection -- even, in extreme cases, contact with them. Backed by twenty-five years of experience in helping families, Dr. Richard Warshak presents powerful strategies for dealing with everything from tainted parent-child relationships in which children are disrespectful or reluctant to show their affection to disturbances in which children virtually disown an entire side of the family. Divorce Poison offers advice on how to: Recognize early warning signs of trouble React if your children refuse to see you Respond to rude and hateful behavior Avoid the seven most common errors made by rejected parents
		$13.95

		The Co-Parenting Survival Guide: Letting Go of Conflict after a Difficult Divorce by Elizabeth Thayer; Jeffrey Zimmerman This book helps parents in the aftermath of divorce learn to sustain a healthy co-parenting relationship. “Conflict and Parenting” explores parental conflict and its effects on children, conflict resolution, and the importance of forging a co-parenting relationship. “Co-Parenting Guidelines” offers specifics for solving day-to-day problems, disciplining, and handling conflict during transitional times and special events.
		$14.00

		Everything Parent's Guide to Children And Divorce: Reassuring Advice to Help Your Family Adjust by Carl Pickhardt For parents, the hardest part of divorce is how it affects the kids. How do you explain to your child the reasons for choosing to divorce your spouse? How do you avoid creating feelings of guilt or blame, and let them know they are not responsible for the decision? The Everything Parent's Guide to Children and Divorce , written by expert author, psychologist, and child of divorce Carl E. Pickhardt, Ph.D., provides you with the support you need to prepare your children for this adjustment. A comprehensive guide to help you make informed, confident decisions, The Everything Parent's Guide to Children and Divorce is the one resource you need to help your child make it through this difficult time with ease. This insightful handbook advises you on: Communicating openly about divorce Supporting your child emotionally Running a singleparent family Anticipating problem behaviors Helping your child feel comfortable at school and with friends Preventing your child from acting out
		$14.00

		Cooperative Parenting and Divorce: A Parent Guide to Effective Co-parenting by Susan Blythe Boyan & Ann Marie Termini This book gives divorcing parents the power to make positive changes to shield your childen from conflict and help you establish a positive, long term relationship with your child's other parent.
		$19.00

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