Divorce: The Art Of Screwing Up Your Children
About the Book
Divorcing or divorced? Worried about screwing up your children? Looking for information on how to protect your children from the negative emotional aftereffects of divorce? Then this is the book for you.
Using satire as a tool, this book will entertain you while educating you on the complex emotional world of children dealing with parents who are divorcing or divorced. Ultimately, this book teaches parents the behaviors to avoid, minimizing the adverse effects of divorce on their children.
Some of the Topics Covered in the Book
Parental conflict, telling your children you are divorcing, blaming your spouse, blaming the children, hiring an attorny, choosing the type of divorce, parenting time, custody, visitation, and holidays, final decision-making, mental illness, child custody evaluations, co-parenting, transitions, rules and discipline, relocation, parental alienation, abandonment, new relationships, step-parenting, family conflict, litigation, child development, alcohol and drug abuse, children's activities, and many more.
This is a book you will read agin and again just to make sure you are not subjecting your children to added stress and strain from any unintended, inappropriate post-divorce parental behavior.
Family attorneys and mental health professionals will also find Divorce: The Art of Screwing Up Your Children a valuable resource for their professional education and a handy tool to give to clients and patients.
Expert Reviews
"Divorce: The Art Of Screwing Up Your Children is a delightful tongue-in-cheek reprimand to parents who lose sight of their children's welfare while waging war with an ex. But it is more than that. In addition to learning how to screw up your kids, Dr. Drutman shows parents how to do things right. For parents who seem blind to the harm they inflict on their children, this book delivers a needed blast of awareness with enough humor to help the medicine go down." - Dr. Richard A. Warshak, author of Divorce Poison: How to Protect Your Family From Bad-mouthing and Brainwashing. - Clinical Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
"Dr. Drutman has provided a comprehensive list of actions too often taken by divorcing parents that dramatically reduce the likelihood that their children will make healkthy adjustments. In each section, Dr. Drutman concisely explains the ways in which the actions that have been described take their toll on the children." - David A. Martindale, Ph.D., ABPP (Forensic), Diplomate, American Board of Professional Psychology, co-author of The Art and Science of Child Custody Evaluations.
"A must read for parents and attorneys who want to learn what to do, or not do to prevent emotional harm to children before, during, and after their parents' divorce." - James E. Holmes, Esq., Family Law Attorney
"Combining practical knowledge with humor and satire, Dr. Drutman has drawn on his many years working with divorcing families to produce an important resource that is approachable, readable, and extremely valuable. A must read for anyone with children who is contemplating or involved in divorce." - Kevin J. Richards, Ph.D., ABPP, Board Certified Forensic Psychologist.
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