Putting Children First: A Guide for Parents Breaking Up - Couverture souple

McDonough, Hanna; Bartha, Christina

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0802080642 ISBN 13 : 9780802080646

Editeur : 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802080642
• ISBN 13: 9780802080646
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible