Parenting Apart: How Separated and Divorced Parents Can Raise Happy and Secure Kids - Softcover

McGhee, Christina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425232123 ISBN 13: 9780425232125

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2010

Synopsis

The ultimate resource for separated and divorced parents, written by an internationally acclaimed expert on divorce and its impact on children.

This comprehensive and empowering guide is filled with practical, effective ways to minimize the effects of divorce on children, and offers immediate solutions to the most critical parenting problems divorce brings. In this go-to resource, Christina McGhee addresses the issues of utmost importance to parents:

* How and when to tell the children about the divorce

* Guiding children through family change

* Helping children cope with having two homes

* Dealing with finances

* Managing a difficult relationship with an ex

* And more so much more

Offering advice on explaining things to every age group (from toddlers to teenagers) in plain, consistent, and age-appropriate terms, Parenting Apart also offers practical suggestions to help you maintain a sense of stability and take care of your own well-being while taking care of your kids.

About this title

About the Author

Christina McGhee, MSW, is a divorce coach and parent educator. She is the author of Parenting Apart: How Separated and Divorced Parents Can Raise Happy and Secure Kids. A graduate of Tulane University and Texas State University, with over 15 years of experience, she has taught thousands how to successfully parent through divorce.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0425232123
• ISBN 13: 9780425232125
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 397