These books have useful guidance to help with various aspects of separation and shared parenting.
The 50/50 Solution
Emma Johnson’s new book brings together the scientific arguments for equal shared parenting alongside personal stories which powerfulyl reinforce the case she is making for equally shared care. Subtitled “The Surprisingly Simple Choice that Makes Moms,…
Fathers and Violence
This new book by Carla Smith Stover is about the Fathers For Change programme (F4C) which aims at changing behaviour, improving parenting and healing relationships. This emphasis on treatment that will repair father-child relationships provides a welco…
Parental Alienation Guide
Billed as a “Definitive Guide for Parents, Professionals, Practitioners and Policymakers”, this new book from Professor Ben Hine is a good start for all these categories of people. He explains his intentions further on the opening page, saying that “Th…
It’s Not About Us
Darlene Taylor has written a co-parenting survival guide based on her own experience. She wrote it because she wanted a story that “… centred the parenting commitment and created a new bond between the parents based on respect and compassion” rather…
Myths and Lies About Dads: How They Hurt Us All
A new book from Dr Linda Nielsen destroys more than 100 of the most damaging beliefs about fathers. Using the most recent research, this pioneering work exposes these baseless beliefs and the toll they take on children’s relationships with their father…
Two new accounts of Parental Alienation
Losing all contact with your children is a traumatic experience, particularly if it happens after a long, expensive and painful court experience. Two recent books tell about personal experience of parental alienation and also call for significant chan…
Coparenting BIFF guide published
Despite their slightly alarming title, the BIFF guides have provided valuable tips on how to handle difficult communications for the past ten years. The newly published version “BIFF for Coparent Communication” is aimed firmly at the people who are st…
Serpent Child – childhood experiences of parental alienation
Patricia Riley’s new book tells the story of her experience of parental separation and subsequent parental alienation. In his introduction to the book |(above) Anthony Douglas the former Chief Executive Officer of CAFCASS stresses the importance of per…
Parenting Apart: How Separated and Divorced Parents Can Raise Happy and Secure Kids
Good for: breaking down how children may be affected by separation at each developmental stage from 0-18 years.
Partnership Parenting: How Men and Women Parent Differently-Why It Helps Your Kids and Can Strengthen Your Marriage
Good for: explaining the value of balancing different ways of parenting.
Mom’s House, Dad’s House: A Complete Guide for Parents Who Are Separated, Divorced, or Living Apart
Good for: simple introductions to legal systems and parenting agreements. Tips for a “businesslike” relationship with an ex-partner.
Shared Parenting: Successfully sharing custody of children 50-50 in separated relationships
Good for: an honest and personal account from a British shared parenting Dad.
The Guide For Separated Parents: Putting children first
Good for: practical tips when taking a child-centered approach.
Parents Acting Badly
The sub-title of this new book sets the scene: “How institutions and societies promote the alienation of children from their families”. In explaining their view of how this happens, Harman and Biringen also provide a very readable guide to what brings…