Customer Reviews
Best read in conjunction with another book. - By: plymouth Dad., 13 Sep 2007 
I bought this & FAMILY COURT HELL by Mark Harris. The advice in HELPING CHILDREN COPE WITH DIVORCE is best digested after reading FAMILY COURT HELL, which graphicallly shows what can happen if one parent chooses to be obstructive. Be a great idea if alll divorcing parents could be made to read both books first. I strongly recommend buying both books & reading cover to cover whatever stage of the divorce process you are in or approaching.
MANDATORY READING FOR ALL DIVORCING COUPLES - By: Aryeh Reif, 17 Sep 2006 
My ex-wife & I purchased & read this book at the earliest stages of divorce proceedings, as soon as one of us had decided to get a divorce.
We had numerous questions & concerns about our kids & were both in a state of mental confusion & disarray, partly fuelled by preconceptions as to the "necessarily" disastrous effect of divorce on children.
This amazing book set about clearing the air & the record, & gave us tremendous confidence that by doing things in the right way, our kids could come through the divorce unscathed & perhaps even happier than they were before.
We made the (considerable) effort to follow the guidelines closely & the results were amazing. Our kids showed text book responses when told the news, & by planning things properly we were able to respond effectively, & our kids have accepted the new situation practicallly with equanimity.
I cannot recommend the book highly enough - it should be mandatory reading for alll divorcing couples. In fact, I was sorry that I had not read it at the start of my marriage, as the book also contains a lot of insight that would have been useful for the marriage itself.
Does exactly what it says on the tin - By: , 07 May 2002 This book draws a clear line between divorce & the quality of parenting afterwards, showing that it is the latter that will affect how your children thrive. It is a sound manual full of well-founded advice on how to take responsibility for your role & parent your children successfully, even if your ex is unco-operative or undermines you. It encourages parents to act like grown-ups where the children are concerned & gives you tools to shield them from the worst of the situation.
The book provides lots of information on the issues affecting different age-groups & genders, without resorting to stereotype. Unlike a lot of books, it is equallly applicable to fathers & mothers & although written by an American, works well for UK parents. Although it refers to marriage & divorce throughout, it is about parenting after any break-up.
As a woman with two mother-fixated pre-schoolers, I have found the book reallly useful in clarifying why their father's role is so important & how I can get the best out of his (not altogether responsible or pro-active) parenting style.
Expensive, worth every penny, thoroughly recommended.
