A helpful book
Earlier this month, I picked up a copy of "The Truth about Children and Divorce: Dealing with the Emotions so you and your children can thrive," by Dr. Robert E. Emery. I happened upon this book serendipituosly on a very emotional evening. It helped me to calm down, and get some perspective for the sake of my childrens' mental health and well being.
I am now about half way through the book, and so grateful for reading it. The author addresses the important and awkward issues such as setting new boundaries with the ex, and helping children grieve, and how to go about mediation and why it is better than litigation.
I wrote a few days ago, "How does one 'move on' ?" and there are some clear and practical steps to take laid out by Emery in chapter four, Seasons of Change: the Task of Divorce. He speaks as a professor of psychology, director of the Center for Children, Families, and the Law at the University of Virginia, and as a person who has experienced divorce and remarriage first hand.
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