Divorce

The Truth about Children and Divorce

By: Robert Emery, Ph.D.

• Nationally recognized expert Robert Emery applies his twenty-five years of experience as a researcher, therapist, and mediator to offer parents a new road map to divorce. Dr. Emery shows how our powerful emotions and the way we handle them shape how we divorce—and whether our children suffer or thrive in the long run. His message is hopeful, yet realistic—divorce is invariably painful, but parents can help promote their children’s resilience. With compassion and authority, Dr. Emery explains:

  • • Why it is so hard to really make divorce work

  • • How anger and fighting can keep people from really separating

  • • Why legal matters should be one of the last tasks

  • • Why parental love—and limit setting—can be the best “therapy” for kids

  • • How to talk to children, create workable parenting schedules, and more

Why did you have to get a divorce? And when can I get a hamster?

By: Anthony E. Wolfe

• 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?