Parenting after divorce


Learn more about Mom's House, Dad's House: Making Two Homes for Your Child
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


Learn more about Parenting After Divorce: A Guide to Resolving Conflicts and Meeting Your Children's Needs
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


Learn more about Ex-Etiquette for Parents : Good Behavior After a Divorce or Separation
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


Learn more about Why Did You Have to Get a Divorce? And When Can I Get a Hamster? : A Guide to Parenting
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


Learn more about Divorce Poison: Protecting the Parent-Child Bond from a Vindictive Ex
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


Learn more about The Co-Parenting Survival Guide: Letting Go of Conflict after a Difficult Divorce
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


Learn more about Everything Parent's Guide to Children And Divorce: Reassuring Advice to Help Your Family Adjust
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


Learn more about Cooperative Parenting and Divorce: A Parent Guide to Effective Co-parenting
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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