Synopses & Reviews
You and your former wife/husband are struggling to be civil to each other and you recognize the conflicts could be damaging to your child. Dr. Farber, a clinical child psychologist who’s been in practice for 30+ years, knows what you’re up against. He writes compassionately and insightfully about the concrete, doable steps you can take to avoid letting differences with your ex get in the way of being the best mom or the best dad you can be.
Conflicts inevitably arise from living in two households. You don’t have to like your ex, but, if you are going to co-parent successfully, you will still have to deal with your ex. Dr. Farber helps you navigate the upheaval with practical advice based on real-world families. His book shows you how to
• Know what to say, and not to say, to your child about separation and divorce
• Cope with child support and other money issues
• Handle the holidays and special family occasions
• Choose and adjust to new schools
• Introduce your child to a potential new partner
• Co-parent when an ex has a personality disorder, addiction problem, or is a bully
• Decide when to recruit the help of a parent coordinator
• Raise a healthy child while co-parenting
You’ll draw strength and encouragement from the positive outcomes he’s helped hurting parents and children achieve as they confronted such gripping problem areas. Dr. Farber’s expert analysis and counsel will show you how to use co-parenting to turn your broken marriage into a working divorce that supports the emotional and developmental health of your children caught in the crossfire.
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Washington, DC
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Powerful advice for you and your ex-spouse on how to reduce conflict and protect your children’s well-being while co-parenting
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Powerful advice for divorcing couples about how they can reduce conflict and protect their children’s well-being through co-parentingHelping exes help their children. Millions of American children are currently suffering the slings and arrows of their parents’ messy divorces. Dr. Farber, a clinical child psychologist for thirty-plus years, writes compassionately and insightfully about the short- and long-term affects on these children when ex-spouses interact acrimoniously with one another. He then provides estranged parents with concrete steps they can take to not let their differences get in the way of being the best mom or the best dad they can be. Real answers to real problems. Dr. Farber eloquently provides practical solutions for problems that every divorced parent struggles with, including• how to insulate their child from their anger toward the ex-spouse• how to handle child support• how to deal with the holidays and special events• when and how to introduce new partners into their child’s life• what to do when their child says no to visitationIntimate true stories. Exes struggling with shared custody will gain tremendous insight from Dr. Farber’s riveting real-life accounts of parents who have worked through the inevitable conflicts that arise from living in two households. Each of these personal stories is complemented by Dr. Farber’s expert analysis and advice about how parents can use co-parenting to turn a broken marriage into a working divorce that supports the emotional and developmental health of the children.
About the Author
Dr. Edward Farber is a licensed clinical psychologist in Virginia and Maryland. He is on the faculty at the George Washington University School of Medicine and is the former chair of psychology at the Ohio State University Pediatrics Department and Columbus Children's Hospital.
Recognizing the need for specialized services for families in transition or conflict, Dr. Farber founded Reston Family Center to provide pre-divorce counseling, custody evaluation, visitation mediation, and parent coordination interventions. Dr. Farber has published professionally, lectured nationally, and received multiple research grants, and has served on several national and local community boards.