| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 380 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The breakup -- 1. Take care of yourself -- 2. Telling the children -- 3. The developmental ladder -- 4. Zero to three -- 5. Three-, four-, and five-year-olds -- 6. Six-, seven-, and eight-year-olds -- 7. Nine- and ten-year-olds -- 8. Eleven-, twelve-, and thirteen-year-olds -- 9. Fourteen-, fifteen-, sixteen-, and seventeen-year-olds -- 10. College-age children -- 11. Vulnerable children -- 12. What is the "best" time to divorce? -- 13. Setting routines and structure -- 14. Supporting the new family -- pt. 2. Parent-to-parent -- 15. A new kind of parent -- 16. You and the law -- 17. Laying the foundation for custody and coparenting -- 18. Custody -- 19. HIgh-conflict divorce -- 20. How to choose the right custody for your child -- pt. 3. The post-divorce family -- 21. Take another close look at your children and at yourself -- 22. The overburdened child -- 23. Parent-child alignments -- 24. A new kind of teenager -- 25. A new kind of father -- 26. A new kind of mother -- pt. 4. Second marriage -- 27. Dating and sex -- 28. Remarriage -- 29. Insiders and the remarried family -- 30. Stepparents -- 31. Blending two families -- 32. Holidays and special occasions -- pt. 5. Conversations for a lifetime -- 33. How to protect children of divorce in young adulthood. |
| Subject |
Children of divorced parents -- United States.
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Divorced parents -- United States -- Life skills guides.
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Parenting -- United States.
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Divorce -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Blakeslee, Sandra.
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| ISBN |
0786868651 |
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