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  • Published: 15 September 2017
  • ISBN: 9781632171467
  • Imprint: Sasquatch
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $34.99

The Co-Parenting Handbook

Raising Well-Adjusted and Resilient Kids from Little Ones to Young Adults through Divorce or Separation



A practical manual for parents who are transitioning from being a married couple with children to being solely co-parents together. This guide helps them navigate difficult emotional terrain, create boundaries, and establish guidelines so that together they can be the parents their children deserve.

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

Parents need help to confidently take on the challenges of guiding children through divorce or separation and raising them skillfully in 2 homes. The authors, both trusted divorce and co-parenting coaches, provide the road map for all family members to safely navigate the difficult emotional terrain through separation/divorce and beyond.

The authors offer reassuring well-tested guidance, including advice on:

• The emotional impact of separation for both parents and kids
• Conflict and mediation
• Settling into a 2-home family
• Respectful communication and decision making
• Managing finances
• Co-parenting at holidays and events
• Introducing new adults into children’s lives

With strategies to help resolve day-to-day issues, create boundaries, and establish guidelines for a wide range of families and experiences, this accessible manual is a must have for co-parents.

  • Published: 15 September 2017
  • ISBN: 9781632171467
  • Imprint: Sasquatch
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $34.99

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Praise for The Co-Parenting Handbook

"An extremely valuable resource for parents and families in transition. This splendidly practical manual will help people navigate changes in family structure so they can be the parents their children deserve."
--Diane Diel, JD, family law attorney

"The most progressive, practical, and hopeful book for families in transition."
--Felicia Soleil, JD, family law attorney

"This book contains the absolute essence of practical, healthy co-parenting for two homes: sound guidance, clear protocols, and compassionate insights. A must-read not only for co-parents but also for anyone interested in how to support changing families."
--Anne Lucas, MA, LMHC, psychotherapist, mediator, divorce coach