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Mom's House, Dad's House: Making Two Homes for Your Child
Not a broken home. Two homes.
Who it's for
For a parent in the middle of a separation, the hardest question is often "how do I protect my kids from this?" Ricci's answer is to stop thinking of a "broken home" and start building two real homes, each with its own routines and warmth.
Feelings it meets
What it is
A long-running guide for separated, divorced and remarried parents on building two stable homes for their children. Isolina Ricci covers the emotional, practical, legal and financial sides of shared parenting: moving toward a constructive divorce, age-by-age needs of children, negotiating parenting agreements, handling a difficult ex, avoiding common myths about divorce, and parenting long-distance or alone, with…
Where to find it
Paperback, ebook and audiobook (Tantor); library copies and accessible formats (Bookshare).
Before you start
Heads up: Divorce and custody conflict.
Age: Not rated (written for adults)
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, Part 1, Chapter 1 (tr. Constance Garnett)
