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Books Recommendations for Parents
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Getting a Divorce.
A basic guide to Minnesota Law. Available through your local legal aid.
Ames, Louis Bates, et al.
Your One-Year-Old: The Fun-Loving, Fussy 12- to 24-Month-Old.
There is a series of these books for each year through early adolescence. The entire series is recommended.
Adler, Robert.
Sharing the Children: How to Resolve Custody Problems and Get on with Your Life.
This book talks about how parents can resolve custody issues and move on with their lives.
Barrish, Harriet
Managing and Understanding Parental Anger.
Barnes, Robert
Who's in Charge Here? Overcoming Power Struggles with your Kids.
Beekman, Susan
Battles, Hassles, Tantrums and Tears: Coping with Conflict and Creating a Peaceful Home.
Carter, Wm. Lee
The Angry Teenager: Why Teens Get So Angry and How Parents Can Help Them GrowThrough It.
Cocoran, Judy and Julia Ross.
Joint Custody with a Jerk. Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex.
Dalton, Elizabeth and Elizabeth Hickey.
Healing Hearts: Helping Children and Adults Recover from Divorce.
Diamond, Susan.
Helping Children of Divorce. A Handbook for Parents and Teachers.
Excellent for helping both teachers and parents deal with impact of divorce on children.
Dietzel, Louise
Parenting with Respect and Peacefulness -- The Most Difficult Job in the World.
Duncan and Duncan.
You're Divorced, but Your Children Aren't.
Eastman, Meg
Taming the Dragon in Your Child: Solutions for Breaking the Cycle of Family Anger.
Faber, Adele
Siblings without Rivalry: How to Help your Children Live Together so that You Can Live Too.
Franke, Linda
Growing Up Divorced.
This book is primarily for parents and shows current research in the reaction of various age groups of children to divorce.
Friedman, J.
The Divorce Handbook: Your Basic Guide.
Covers the legal aspects as well as answers basic questions.
Gardner, Richard.
The Parents Book About Divorce.
This book helps parents look at how children develop problems from a divorce and how these problems can be minimized.
Greenspan, Stanley.
The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising and Enjoying the Five "Difficult" Types of Children.
Jewett, Claudia.
Helping Children Cope with Separation and Loss.
Learn about the expected behaviors in a child's mourning process and help children process their grief.
Krantzler, M.
Creative Divorce
A positive program of action that will help through crisis.
Lansky, Vicki.
Vicki Lansky's Divorce Book for Parents: Helping Your Children Cope with Divorce and Its Aftermath.
Leman, Kevin
Parent Talk: Straight Answers to the Questions that Rattle Mom and Dad.
Paul, Henry
When Kids are Mad, not Bad: A Guide to Recognizing and Handling Children's Anger
Popkin, Michael
Active Parenting Now Parent's Guide.
Ricci, I.
Mom's House, Dad's House: Making Two Homes for Your Child.
I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK VERY HIGHLY! -- jh
Samalin, Nancy
Love and Anger: The Parental Dilemma.
Spilke, Francine.
What About the Children? A Divorced Parent's Handbook.
Smoke, Jim.
Growing Thru Divorce.
A Christian perspective
Taffel, Ron
Parenting by Heart: How to Stay Connected to Your Child in a Disconnected World.
Thomas, Shirley.
Parents are Forever.
Trafford, A.
Crazy Time: Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life.
Takes you through the stages of divorce and helps you understand your own recovery.
Vigeneno and Claire.
No One Gets Divorced Alone.
Virtue, Doreen.
My Kids Don't Live With Me Anymore: Coping with the Custody Crisis.
Offers encouragement, affirmations and practical solutions when coping with the custody crisis.
Wallerstein and Kelly.
Surviving the Breakup.
Research on long-term effects of divorce on children.
Wallerstein and Blakerlee.
Second Chances: Men, Women and Children a Decade After Divorce.
A follow-up to the research and findings in Surviving the Breakup.
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