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Recommended Books For Divorce Related Questions
We strive to make the long and complicated processes of family law easier and more straightforward for our clients. It is important to us that you go into these matters prepared so you can spend more time focusing on your family and their happiness. Below are some recommended books, sorted by age range to help your family through this difficult time. If you have any further questions contact us today for a case review.
Books For Children
Synopsis: At Mommy’s house, Alex has a soft chair. At Daddy’s house, Alex has a rocking chair. In each home, Alex also has a special bedroom and lots of friends to play with. But whether Alex is with Mommy or with Daddy, one thing always stays the same — Alex is loved.
Synopsis: A comprehensive, sensitive guide for changing families, Dinosaurs Divorcehelps readers understand what divorce means, why it happens, and how to best cope with everyone’s feelings.
Synopsis: Parents, educators, therapists, and social workers alike have declared The Invisible String the perfect tool for coping with all kinds of separation anxiety, loss, and grief. It’s also been joyfully embraced as a year-round celebration of love–gifted at births, graduations, weddings, Valentine’s Day, and beyond.
Synopsis: This gentle book supports children’s emotional wellbeing during a divorce or separation, offering them reassurance, comfort, and practical tools.
Synopsis: Join Drew and his dragon Diggory Doo on this uplifting story to help a friend during the most difficult change in his life when his parents live apart and he’s now living in two homes. This is an essential book to help discuss and explain to children the hard but important topic in a simple and appropriate way that children could relate to and understand.
Synopsis: Often young children blame themselves or are unsure of their place in the family if these events occur. Child psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts designed the Just Enough series to empower parents/caregivers to start conversations with young ones about challenging subject matter.
Books For Older Children/Pre-Teens
Synopsis: Zoe and Evan Stern know firsthand how it feels when your parents divorce. When their parents split they knew their lives would change but they didn’t know how. A few years later, when they were 15 and 13 years old, they decided to share their experience in this positive and practical guide for kids.
Synopsis: Irene is a 10-year-old girl whose parents are getting a divorce. Amid her confusion and helplessness, Irene turns to her diary to express her feelings and better process her parents’ divorce. With the help of her grandmother and her teddy bear, she finds a way to make her parents listen to her.
Synopsis: After her parents’ divorce, Bea’s life became different in many ways. But she can always look back at the list she keeps in her green notebook to remember the things that will stay the same. The first and most important: Mom and Dad will always love Bea, and each other.
Books For Teens
Synopsis: Stuff That Sucks offers a compassionate and validating guide to accepting emotions, rather than struggling against them. With this book as your guide, you’ll learn to prioritize your thoughts, feelings, and values. You’ll figure out what you care about the most, and then start caring some more! You’ll learn the skills based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).
Books For Adults
Synopsis: 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.
Synopsis: A valuable parenting guide for divorced or separated couples with kids, this handbook offers tools for navigating conflicts and setting boundaries so both children and co-parents can thrive.
Synopsis: Ranked in October 2020 by Book Authority as the #1 best family law book of all time, this superlative divorce guide offers a laser-focused yet compassionate approach to divorce and separation. You will be empowered with knowledge and insight to maximize results, reduce costs, and care for yourself and your children during this very difficult time.
Synopsis: To make up or break up? Whether you’re just getting serious or have a long-term commitment, no other question causes so much heartache and self-doubt. Many other books tell you how to fix your relationship. This groundbreaking bestseller is the first one to help you choose whether you should try—or you need to go.
Synopsis: The breakup of a family can have an enduring impact on children. But as Dr. JoAnne Pedro-Carroll explains with clarity and compassion in this powerful book, parents canpositively alter the immediate and long-term effects of divorce on their children. The key is proven, emotionally intelligent parenting strategies that promote children’s emotional health, resilience, and ability to lead satisfying lives.
Synopsis: We enter our romantic relationships with great love, hope, and excitement—we’ve found the ‘one’, so we plan and forge our futures together. But sometimes, for many different reasons, relationships come undone; they don’t work out. Commonly, we view this as a personal failure, rather than an opportunity. And instead of honoring what we once meant to each other, we hoard bitterness and anger, stewing in shame and resentment. Sometimes even lashing out in destructive and hurtful ways, even though we’re good people at heart. That’s natural: we’re almost biologically primed to respond this way. Yet there is another path to the end of a relationship—one filled with mutual respect, kindness, and deep caring.
Synopsis: New York Timesbest-selling author Lysa TerKeurst unveils her heart amid shattering circumstances and shows listeners how to live assured when life doesn’t turn out like they expected. What do you do when God’s timing seems questionable, His lack of intervention hurtful, and His promises doubtful?
Synopsis: Coparenting isn’t just challenging—it can be a high-stakes journey that feels like navigating without a map. Coparenting Compass turns this overwhelming terrain into manageable territory, offering hard-won wisdom for parents facing high-conflict or uncooperative coparenting situations.
Drawing on over three decades of experience in family services, mental health, and custody mediation, Al Huntoon cuts through the fog of coparenting with sharp insights and practical solutions. This isn’t another theoretical parenting book—it’s a field guide packed with real-world strategies for addressing logistical challenges, managing emotional triggers, and making decisions that protect your child’s well-being without sacrificing your own sanity.
Coparenting Compass is an essential resource for maintaining stability and strength in the face of coparenting challenges. Whether you’re dealing with an unpredictable ex, struggling with parallel parenting, or working to establish a new normal, this book provides the tools to help you move forward with confidence and purpose.
This isn’t about keeping the peace at any cost—it’s about mastering the skills to protect what matters while staying true to your parenting values. Transform your coparenting journey from a daily battle into a strategic mission with clear objectives and achievable outcomes.
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