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The Truth About Children and Divorce
Dealing with the Emotions So You and Your Children Can Thrive
by Robert Emery
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Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Plume (January 31 2006)
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Read an Excerpt

Putting Children First When a Marriage Comes Apart
Sure, with divorce or the separation of their unmarried parents a part of the lives of close to half of children today, parents and experts alike want to put children first, at least in theory.

Parenting Through Divorce
Parents have many specific tasks to accomplish in divorce: working through grief, reducing conflict, renegotiating their relationship, establishing a working coparenting relationship, resolving all legal issues, learning how to parent effectively on their

My Professional Journey Through Divorce
You may be surprised to learn that almost everything I have said so far about divorce runs counter to what was considered the common professional wisdom just twenty-five years ago. In 1977, I was a graduate student in clinical psychology.



Book Description

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 divorce and whether our children suffer or thrive in the long run. His message is hopeful, yet realistic divorce is invariably painful, but parents can help promote their children's 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 love and limit setting can be the best "therapy" for kids
  • How to talk to children, create workable parenting schedules, and more

About the Author

Robert Emery, Ph.D.Robert Emery, Ph.D.

Robert E. Emery, Ph.D., is professor of psychology and director of the Center for Children, Families, and the Law at the University of Virginia. A frequent lecturer, he is the author of more than one hundred scientific publications, and several books. His work has been featured in publications such as Newsweek, Time, Child, and the New York Times and he has appeared on Weekend Today and The Jane Pauley Show.

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