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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Edward Teyber |
| ISBN: | 078795554X 9780787955540 |
| OCLC Number: | 45493390 |
| Description: | xi, 260 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Acknowledgments -- pt. 1. Introduction -- 1. You can help your children successfully adjust to divorce : "what will happen to my kids? I feel so guilty!" -- The changing American family -- The effects of divorce on children -- pt. 2. Children's concerns during the breakup -- 2. Divorce causes separation anxieties : "if dad left, won't mom go away too?" -- What causes children's separation anxieties -- How marital separation threatens children's attachments -- Explaining the divorce to children -- Explaining a trial separation -- What to do when abuse has occurred -- 3. Children want to reunite their parents : "f I'm really good, maybe mom and dad will get back together again" -- Three sources of reunification fantasies -- When children exert too much control -- Explaining the permanence of divorce to children -- 4. Children feel responsible for the divorce : "maybe if I had been good, mom and dad wouldn't have gotten a divorce" -- Why children feel responsible -- Guidelines for talking with children about the divorce -- Responding to sadness -- pt. 3. Guidelines for parents -- 5. Parental conflict and cooperation : "do I have to be friends with my ex to be a good parent? We're never going to get along!" -- Buffering children from parental hostilities -- Expressing parental conflicts through the children -- Ending the marriage -- 6. Children need their mothers and fathers : "dad doesn't come see me anymore. What's wrong with me?" -- Children often lose both parents -- Adverse consequences when fathers disengage -- Gender differences in reactions to divorce -- Fathering after divorce -- 7. Custody, mediation, and the courts : "what kind of mother am I if my kids miss their dad when they're spending time with me?" -- The history of custody determination -- Joint legal and physical custody -- Primary physical custody to one parent -- General guidelines for living arrangements -- Resolving disputes through mediation -- pt. 4. Childrearing after divorce -- 8. Loyalty conflicts : "why should I let them go? He never spent time with them when we were married!" -- Effects of loyalty conflicts on children -- Why parents make their children choose -- Understanding family alliances -- An agreement for parental cooperation -- 9. Parentification : turning children into adults : "my child is my best friend. What's wrong with that? She's very happy and so responsible!" -- Three types of parentification -- The adverse consequences of parentifying children -- Why parentification occurs -- Assessing parentification -- 10. Childrearing practices : "how can you keep trying to tell me what to do? Look how you've screwed up your life" -- Common approaches to discipline -- Discipline after divorce -- Effective discipline -- Childrearing problems in shared parenting households -- 11. Stepfamilies : forming new family relationships : "you're not the boss of me. You're not my mother!" -- The bias against stepfamilies -- Children's reactions to stepfamily formation -- Three styles of stepparenting -- Becoming stepparents -- Forming a successful stepfamily -- Guidelines for parents -- Conclusion -- About the author. |
| Responsibility: | Edward Teyber. |
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