How to Help Your Child Overcome Your Divorce: A Support Guide for Families

How to Help Your Child Overcome Your Divorce: A Support Guide for Families by Benedek M.D., Elissa P.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781557044617.

The latest information, advice, and answers from one of the nation’s leading psychiatrists Children always suffer the most during a divorce, and parents don’t know what to say or do to help them. Drawn from more than twenty years of clinical and forensic experience, this invaluable manual gives answers to some of the most common questions on which divorced parents seek guidance, such as: Helping children adjust to separation and divorce Telling children about how the divorce will affect them Reassuring children that their parents will continue to love and care for them—and then just doing that Helping avoid many of the parenting pitfalls common after divorce Keeping the relationship between ex-spouses as free ofconflict as possible Cooperating with ex-spouses on matters pertaining to the children Helping children feel good about themselves and growas individuals