Putting Children First: A Guide for Parents Breaking Up - Hardcover

Bartha, Christina; McDonough, Hanna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802042171 ISBN 13: 9780802042170

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1999

Synopsis

This well researched book illustrates the importance of co-operation in divorce. The authors, experts in the field, present compelling evidence that when separating parents work through their differences, their children remain emotionally connected to both and therefore experience only temporary adjustment problems. However, they also show that prolonged conflict is apt to result in long-term emotional and behavioural problems for the children. This book describes how children often become trophies, pawns, messengers, and mediators when caught in bitter family disputes. This book's child-centred approach helps parents to avoid and/or minimize conflict by transforming themselves from antagonistic spouses into co-operative parents. McDonough and Bartha use their expertise in counselling families to offer a step-by-step guide to the emotional work parents must do to successfully re-negotiate the practical and emotional aspects of their relationship. By combining sophisticated clinical know-how with the latest research and illustrating with clear, easy-to-read vignettes, this book teaches parents how to manage themselves and their children to achieve a successful divorce.

About this title

About the Author:

Hanna McDonough is Chief Social Worker in the Family Court Clinic at the Clarke Division, and Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Christina Bartha is Chief Social Worker in the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, at the Clarke Division.

Synopsis:

This book is a child-centred approach for separated and divorcing parents who want to minimize the damage done to children during this difficult time. The authors provide a guide to the emotional work parents must do to make their divorce a success for both themselves and their children.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0802042171
• ISBN 13: 9780802042170
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192