PARENTING

Your Place or Mine? Practical Advice for Developing a Co-Parenting Arrangement After Separation

Dundurn. Oct. 2022. 168p. ISBN 9781459750050. pap. $19.99. CHILD REARING
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Schwartz, a family law clerk, believes that for post-separation co-parenting relationships to work, they must evolve into a business partnership based on managing the project of raising great kids. Advice is given by multiple professionals such as lawyers, doctors, and those in the trenches such as other co-parents and adult children of divorce. Suggestions include thinking of the relationship differently, finding the funny moments, and treating the other parent with empathy and compassion. The author also urges readers to find a support network and get legal advice. Additionally, there’s guidance for using consultants and mental health advocates when appropriate. This comprehensive book includes information on how to get help when a parent is abusive or a child struggles with self-harm while coping with the divorce.
VERDICT Full of helpful links and information, this manual will no doubt be helpful for many trying to figure out the terrain of co-parenting. One caveat is that the legal advice is centered around the Canadian system, so U.S. readers may need to do some of their own digging.
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