Parenting Through Divorce - And After
Resources for Child Custody Issues
Mom's House, Dad's House: Making Shared Custody Work
I. Ricci, Collier Books, 2000, $15
The book details the principles of two home parenting, gives an overview of custody laws, and proceeds to tell parents in much detail how to set up a joint custody arrangement.
The Co-Parent's Companion: Strategies for Cooperative Caregiving
Benjamin Garber, 2003, $10
Practical Parenting Resources (603-879-9100) or www.healthyparent.com.
Caught in the Middle: Protecting the Children of High-Conflict Divorce
C. Garrity & M. Baris, Jossey-Bass Inc., 1994, $19.95
The book examines the causes and consequences of parental conflict and offers concrete advice to make co-parenting work, even in high conflict divorce.
Child Custody: Building Agreements That Work
Mimi Lyster, Nolo Press, 1995, $24.95
This book offers real world solutions to parenting issues. It provides a number of worksheets which may be used in developing a parental agreement.
The Children's Book...For the Sake of the Children
M & S Erickson, CPI Publications, 1992, $7.95
This book organizes information pertinent to the children in one notebook which is exchanged between parents during transfers.
Families Apart: Ten Keys to Successful Co-Parenting
Melinda Blau, Perigree Books, 1994, $12
Structured around ten principles of successful co-parenting, this book describes the tasks, attitudes, and communications skills that are required to move the family through all the transitions and events that continue to bring parents together in their children's lives.
The Divorced Parent
Stephanie Marston, 1994, $10
A prescriptive guide to raising happy, healthy children in the wake of divorce.
The Good Divorce: Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes Apart
C. Ahrons, Harper Perennial, 1994, $13
The book focuses on what we can learn from families that divorce but maintain strong family bonds.
How It Feels When Parents Divorce
J. Krementz, Alfred Knopf, 1994, $14
This book, written for children of divorce, is based on interviews of children and uses their own words to present the pain and resilience of children going through divorce.