| Description |
xx, 260 pages ; 23 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
"As you face one of life's most difficult transitions, divorce and child custody mediator Dr. Blackstone and pediatrician Dr. Hill offer step-by-step guidance on how to put your children first. This road map covers communicating the news in a developmentally appropriate way, helping children cope and preventing the effects of toxic stress, shared custody and parenting plans, confronting bad-mouthing and other challenges to positive co-parenting, handling concerns about safety or abuse, remarriage and blending families, co-parenting for the long haul, through the teen years and beyond, and more, with the goal of healthy, happy kids informing every step along the way"-from the publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- How to use this book -- Will I get through this? -- How do I begin? -- What do children need to be healthy? -- Helping our children cope -- Facing the transition: Moving from we to me -- Co-parenting our children -- Parenting plans -- Toxic stress and its effect on our children -- Is my child safe over there? -- Is there someone new? -- The making of a family -- Visualize your future. |
| Subject |
Children of divorced parents.
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Parenting, Part-time.
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Divorce.
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| Genre |
Informational works.
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Informational works.
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| Added Author |
Hill, David L., author.
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| ISBN |
9781610023801 (pbk.) : $16.95 |
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1610023803 (pbk.) |
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