Nationally recognized expert Robert Emery applies his twenty-five years of experience as a researcher, therapist, and mediator to offer parents a new road map to divorce. Dr. Emery shows how our powerful emotions and the way we handle them shape how we divorceand whether our children suffer or thrive in the long run. His message is hopeful, yet realisticdivorce is invariably painful, but parents can help promote their childrens resilience. With compassion and authority, Dr. Emery explains:
Why it is so hard to really make divorce work
How anger and fighting can keep people from really separating
Why legal matters should be one of the last tasks
Why parental loveand limit settingcan be the best therapy for kids
How to talk to children, create workable parenting schedules, and more
