Primal Loss

Primal Loss
Author: Leila Miller
Publisher: Lcb Publishing
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2017-05-20
Genre: Adult children of divorced parents
ISBN: 9780997989311

Seventy now-adult children of divorce give their candid and often heart-wrenching answers to eight questions (arranged in eight chapters, by question), including: What were the main effects of your parents' divorce on your life? What do you say to those who claim that "children are resilient" and "children are happy when their parents are happy"? What would you like to tell your parents then and now? What do you want adults in our culture to know about divorce? What role has your faith played in your healing? Their simple and poignant responses are difficult to read and yet not without hope. Most of the contributors--women and men, young and old, single and married--have never spoken of the pain and consequences of their parents' divorce until now. They have often never been asked, and they believe that no one really wants to know. Despite vastly different circumstances and details, the similarities in their testimonies are striking; as the reader will discover, the death of a child's family impacts the human heart in universal ways.

Parenting Apart

Parenting Apart
Author: Christina McGhee
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2011-06-02
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1446458806

When a marriage ends, the most important thing divorcing parents can do is to help their children through this difficult transition and remain united as parents even if they are no longer united as a couple. In Parenting Apart divorce coach Christina McGhee offers practical advice on how to help children adjust and thrive during and after separation and divorce. She looks at all the different issues parents may face with their children of different ages, offering immediate solutions to the most critical parenting problems divorce brings, including: ·When to tell your children about the divorce and what to say ·How to create a loving, secure home if your child doesn't live with you full time ·What to do if your child is angry or sad ·How to manage the legal system, including information on family law and issues of custody ·How to deal with a difficult ex This is an invaluable resource that offers parents quick access to the information you most need at a time when you need it most.

Everything You Need to Know About Your Parents' Divorce

Everything You Need to Know About Your Parents' Divorce
Author: Linda Carlson Johnson
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1999-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780823928767

A guide for teenagers to view divorce as the beginning of a different kind of family life, to understand what happens to parents in their lives, and to understand the feelings of everyone inv.

What in the World Do You Do when Your Parents Divorce?

What in the World Do You Do when Your Parents Divorce?
Author: Kent Winchester
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Children of divorced parents
ISBN: 9781575420929

In a simple question-and-answer format, the book gently explains what divorce is, why parents decide to divorce, new living arrangements, how to handle feelings, and other basics to help children understand what's happening in their lives

Vicki Lansky's Divorce Book for Parents

Vicki Lansky's Divorce Book for Parents
Author: Vicki Lansky
Publisher: Book Peddlers
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1996
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0916773485

A parents' guide to helping youngsters cope with divorce offers advice on such issues as breaking the news, custody, and other matters.

Home Will Never Be the Same Again

Home Will Never Be the Same Again
Author: Carol R. Hughes
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2020-06-22
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1538135310

Adult children are often overlooked and forgotten when their parents divorce later in life, but in these pages they will find comfort and understanding for the many feelings, frustrations, and challenges they face. For more than two decades, a silent revolution has been occurring and creating a seismic shift in the American family and families in other countries. It has been unfolding without much comment, and its effects are being felt across three to four generations: more couples are divorcing later in life. Called the “gray divorce revolution,” the cultural phenomenon describes couples who divorce after the age of 50. Overlooked in the issues that affect couples divorcing later in in life are the adult children of divorcing parents. Their voices open this book, and they are the voices of men and women, 18 to 50 years old. Some of them are single; some are married. Some have children of their own. All of them are in different stages of shock, fear, and sudden, dramatic change. In Home Will Never Be the Same: A Guide for Adult Children of Gray Divorce, Carol Hughes and Bruce Fredenburg share their deep understanding gained during the innumerable hours they have spent with these women and men in their clinical practices. The result is a valuable resource for these too often forgotten adult children, many of whom find that, whenever they express their feelings and experiences, the most important people in their lives frequently ignore and dismiss them. As the divorce rate for older adults soars, so too does the number of adult children who are experiencing parental divorce. Yet, these adult children frequently say that they are the only ones who are aware of what they are going through, no one understands what they are experiencing, and they feel painfully alone.

Daughters of Divorce

Daughters of Divorce
Author: Terry Gaspard MSW, LICSW
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2016-01-19
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1492620661

Restore your faith in love and build healthy, successful relationships with this essential guide for every woman haunted by her parents' divorce. Silver Medal Independent Publisher's Award Winner of the Best Book Award in "Self-Help: Relationships" Over 40 percent of Americans ages eighteen to forty are children of divorce. Yet women with divorced parents are more than twice as likely than men to get divorced themselves and struggle in romantic relationships. In this powerful, uplifting guide, mother-daughter team Terry and Tracy draws on thirty years of clinical practice and interviews with over 320 daughters of divorce to help you recognize and overcome the unique emotional issues that parental separation creates so you can build the happy, long-lasting relationships you deserve. Learn how to: Examine your parents' breakup from an adult perspective Heal the wounds of the past Recognize destructive dynamics in intimate relationships and take steps to change them Trust yourself and others by embracing vulnerability Create strong partnerships with their proven Seven Steps to a Successful Relationship Break the divorce legacy once and for all!

Two Homes, One Childhood

Two Homes, One Childhood
Author: Robert E. Emery Ph.D.
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2016-08-09
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0698404246

A paradigm-shifting model of parenting children in two homes from an internationally recognized expert. A researcher, therapist, and mediator, Robert Emery, Ph.D., details a new approach to sharing custody with children in two homes. Huge numbers of children are affected by separation, divorce, cohabitation breakups, and childbearing outside of marriage. These children have two homes. But their parents have only one chance to protect their childhood. Building on his 2004 book The Truth About Children and Divorce and a strong evidence base, including his own research, Emery explains that a parenting plan that lasts a lifetime is one that grows and changes along with children’s—and families’—developing needs. Parents can and should work together to renegotiate schedules to best meet the changing needs of children from infancy through young adult life. Divided into chapters that address the specific needs of children as they grow up, Emery: • Introduces his Hierarchy of Children’s Needs in Divorce • Provides specific advice for successful parenting, starting with infancy and reaching into emerging adulthood • Advocates for joint custody but notes that children do not count minutes and neither should parents • Highlights that there is only one “side” for parents to take in divorce: the children’s side Himself the father of five children, one from his first marriage, Emery brings a rare combination of personal and professional insight and guidance for every parent raising a child in two homes.

Moms Moving On

Moms Moving On
Author: Michelle Dempsey-Multack
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2023-03-07
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1982184604

Trust your gut, take care of yourself, and find new life on the other side with this “straightforward” (Ilene S. Cohen, PhD, award-winning author of When It’s Never About You), empowering guide to divorce for moms. We hear it all the time on the news. The divorce rates are rising. More children are being raised in split homes. But you didn’t think it would happen to you. Luckily, you’re not alone. Popular divorce coach Michelle Dempsey-Multack not only survived her own divorce but figured out how to move on with her life, just like you will, too. Now happily remarried with a blended family, she’s living proof that no matter which “firsts” you might be experiencing as you end your marriage, and no matter how long you stayed with someone who didn’t meet your needs, your best days are ahead. Mom’s Moving On is your “go-to guide” (Dr. Elizabeth Cohen, psychologist and author of Light on the Other Side of Divorce), filled with practical, actionable, and empowering advice from someone who has been through it and has come out the other side. Through Michelle’s guidance, you’ll learn how to navigate your divorce with confidence, adjust to life as a single mother, and shift your perspective to find your way back to your best self. From coparenting to dating as a single mother, you’ll learn how to truly move on and create the life you deserve.

Overcoming Your Parents' Divorce

Overcoming Your Parents' Divorce
Author: Elisabeth Joy LaMotte
Publisher:
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2008
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780882823294

A guide for adult children of divorce that discusses how to identify their inherited distrust of relationships and go on to have rich, fulfilling, and lasting relationships of their own.