Parenting Divorce

Now that you’ve broken free, there’s something that will shock you—they still have a hold over you! They’re still involved in your life in a big way because you have a child together. Now you have to co-parent in two different households and find a way to move forwards for the benefit of your child.

Co-Parenting Made Easier—Heal, Protect Your Kids & Rebuild Your Life After Divorce Divorce is never easy, but when children are involved, the challenges of coparenting and emotional healing can feel overwhelming. Are you struggling to navigate life after the divorce, unsure how to create a peaceful co-parenting dynamic? Do you feel emotionally drained dealing with a narcissistic ex who refuses to cooperate? Are you searching for divorce books that offer practical strategies for protecting your children and rebuilding yourself? You are not alone—and you don’t have to figure it out on ...

Divorce has devastating effects on children. Yet for divorcing parents who carefully consider and manage the intricacies associated with this difficult time, both parents, as seen from the child’s perspective, can remain as loving and supportive as they ever were. Parenting through Divorce concisely lays out the specific emotions and reactions parents need to anticipate from their children while going through separation, divorce, and its after-math.

With this book, you’ll find powerful mindfulness skills for calming your own stress response when difficult emotions arise. You’ll also discover strategies for cultivating respectful communication, effective conflict resolution, and reflective listening. In the process, you’ll learn to examine your own unhelpful patterns and ingrained reactions that reflect the generational habits shaped by your parents, so you can break the cycle and respond to your children in more skillful ways.

The country's leading authority on fathers' rights, Jeffery M. Leving, presents a definitive how-to resource for divorced dads of any age, background, and marriage history. Leving offers targeted guidance and suggests techniques for staying connected with children and dealing with ex-wives - and in some cases a new girlfriend or the wife's new boyfriend - during the divorce and afterwards. This upbeat book offers good news for divorced dads and counters many of the myths that paint divorcing fathers as alienated, irresponsible, or absent.

Quick Practical Guide — From Problem to Solution. Simple. Actionable. Transformative. Divorce may end a marriage—but parenting continues. Your child still needs love, stability, and emotional safety from both parents. Co-parenting isn’t easy—but with the right mindset and tools, it can work beautifully. 👪 Co-Parenting Through Divorce is a compassionate, practical guide to navigating separation while protecting your child’s heart and mind. Whether you’re newly divorced or years into your co-parenting journey, this book helps you shift from conflict to cooperation. Inside, ...

Take back control and rebuild after divorce—practical answers, proven tools, and a clear action plan for men, even if you feel lost or overwhelmed today. Are you facing a divorce that feels like uncharted territory—where every decision could impact your future, your kids, and your security? Wondering how to protect your rights, maintain your role as a father, and regain your confidence when it feels like the odds are stacked against you? Have you searched for real, men-focused guidance—only to find generic advice that just doesn’t fit your situation? If you answered yes to any of ...

Parenting Through Divorce is a practical, compassionate guide to raising emotionally secure kids during and after separation. Grounded in trauma-informed principles and somatic healing, it’s designed for parents of children from toddlers to teens, whether your split is amicable or high-conflict.

What is a happily ever after really worth? Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family . . . Then—he kicks her out, hires the city’s best divorce lawyers, drains their accounts, and takes up with a...

After their parents divorced in the 1970s, Andre Dubus III and his three siblings grew up with their exhausted working mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town saturated with drugs and crime. To protect himself and those he loved from street violence, Andre learned to use his fists so well that he was even scared of himself. He was on a fast track to getting killed—or killing someone else—or to beatings-for-pay as a boxer.

Have you ever pondered what it is about narcissists that makes them so irresistibly attractive? Do you find yourself questioning your reality, crushed by emotional manipulation and gaslighting? Delve into this transformative four-book collection designed to guide empaths desiring liberation, survivors of narcissistic abuse on the path to recovery, and those seeking to unravel the tangled web of toxic relationships. This comprehensive guide provides the tools you need to tackle gaslighting, codependency, and emotional abuse head-on.

The groundbreaking classic, Mom's House, Dad's House, has become the standard for two generations of divorcing parents, and includes examples, self-tests, checklists, tools, and guidelines to help separated moms and dads with the legal, emotional, and financial issues they will encounter as they work to create happy and stable homes.

What happens when the person you once loved turns your child against you? When your identity as a parent is erased through lies, manipulation, and a court system that doesn’t understand emotional abuse? This book is for every mother or father who woke up one day and realized they were no longer seen by their own child. It’s for those who have been called “high-conflict” for telling the truth, who have been painted as the villain while the narcissist plays the victim, and for those who are fighting for their child’s heart in silence. Melissa Rymer, a certified recovery and divorce ...

Dr. Robert Glover has dubbed the "Nice Guy Syndrome" trying too hard to please others while neglecting one's own needs, thus causing unhappiness and resentfulness. It's no wonder that unfulfilled Nice Guys lash out in frustration at their loved ones, claims Dr. Glover.

When it comes to a child's sense of family, what divorce breaks apart, solid co-parenting rebuilds. With a tested "here's how" approach, The Co-Parents' Handbook helps parents confidently take on the challenges of raising children in two homes. Addressing parents' questions about the emotional impact of separation, conflict, grief and recovery, the authors skillfully provide a road map for all members of the family to safely navigate through separation/divorce and beyond.

From the comedian and New York Times bestselling author of Idiot, a new essay collection about finding the funny even when your life is falling apart. The world knows comedian and content creator Laura Clery for her hilariously unhinged characters, brutally honest storytelling, and ability to...

Break the code of co-parenting with a narcissist! Do you want to protect your children from the toxic effects of narcissistic behavior? Is it hard for you to set boundaries with your narcissistic co-parent without escalating conflict? Are you facing legal challenges around custody, visitation, or child support in your co-parenting situation? Do you want to learn how to raise confident, resilient children in a challenging co-parenting environment? Here’s just a tiny fraction of what you’ll find inside: Learn Common Tactics Used By Narcissists - Identify narcissistic traits such as their ...

Being good parents is hard even when you're happily married, but for separated or divorced couples, parenting can be particularly daunting. There is hope. Mindful Co-Parenting provides divorced parents a practical way through the process that protects their children. In this compact, step-by-step guide, written in a supportive yet direct style, clinical psychologists Jeremy S. Gaies, Psy.D., and James B. Morris Jr., Ph.D., identify what matters most to kids and describe the importance of parents being mindful of their children's needs and wants.

George Glass, MD, a board-certified psychiatrist, has designed an audiobook to help parents understand the challenges of beginning new lives with blended families, and to help their children make the necessary adjustments. He explains how to approach unavoidable dilemmas when they occur and offers invaluable lessons about the link between divorce and issues of self-esteem, depression, substance abuse, and relationship failures that often result from the breakup of a family.

Whether sudden or years in the making, divorce can leave families with a lot of pain and uncertainty - and with the children in the mix, the stakes are even higher. Enter author Paul Mandelstein, the divorced father of four children and founder of the Father Resource Network (FRN). In The World's Best Dad After Divorce: A Guide to Co-Parenting for Divorced Dads, Mandelstein helps fathers (and mothers) discover a path to navigate the stormy waters of divorce and create a healthy extended family environment, guided by the principles of collaboration and cooperation.