Co-parenting Through Separation and Divorce
Putting Your Children First
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- $22.99
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- $22.99
Publisher Description
Navigate separation and divorce with your children's well-being as your guide. This essential resource from the American Academy of Pediatrics offers parents a step-by-step roadmap for co-parenting through separation and divorce, putting children first.
Learn how to share difficult news in an age-appropriate way, handle custody arrangements, and address concerns about affairs or abuse. Discover expert advice on remarriage and blending families, ensuring healthy, happy kids inform every decision.
Co-Parenting Through Separation and Divorce provides practical strategies to:
Minimize the emotional impact on childrenCreate a positive and constructive co-parenting partnershipNavigate remarriage and blended family dynamics Transform your family dynamic and empower your children to thrive during and after separation. This guide is for divorced or separating parents seeking to prioritize their children's emotional health.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Child custody mediator Blackstone and pediatrician Hill discuss the challenges of, and solutions for, parenting while going through divorce in this well-organized, informative guide. The authors who share their own tales of divorce (not from each other) in the introduction cover a great deal of material, including securing legal and therapeutic support, working out custody arrangements and childcare schedules, and remarrying and forming new families. The book uses two major themes, "putting your child first" and "transition and development" for both parent and child, to frame challenges big and small, from addressing the basic question of "how do we tell the kids?" (with advice for talking to different ages) to practical questions for instance, when the split results in kids being moved to a new house, helping them adjust to an unfamiliar bedroom. They stress a positive, proactive attitude with their chapter titles ("How Do I Begin?") and sampling of inspirational quotes, provide examples with anonymous testimonies from Blackstone's patients, and sensitively address tough topics, such as divorces involving abusive partners. This uplifting, info-crammed book will be a useful road map for parents in navigating the path to a divorce that is minimally disruptive for their kids.
