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SMART PARENTING DURING AND AFTER DIVORCE

Make your divorce a more peaceful, healthy,
and manageable experience for your children

SMART PARENTING DURING AND AFTER DIVORCE (McGraw-Hill; January 2009; Paperback: $16.95) is the product of author Peter J. Favaro's more than two decades of experience helping to educate divorced and divorcing parents. He has been a court-appointed expert, custody evaluator, mediator, and therapist in more than six thousand cases over the past twenty-two years. In that time, he has developed hundreds of practical strategies to help divorced and single parents deal with the universal problems encountered when sharing and managing custody of children.

The book contains helpful information, strategies, and resources on visitation, communication, conflict resolution, anger management, scheduling of holidays and visitation, decision-making, the effects of divorce on children at different ages, the influence of a parent's social life on children, negotiating under both good and bad circumstances, and much more.

The information is arranged by topic so parents can quickly find help relevant to their particular situation. Favaro writes in plain, no-nonsense language, without fluff or psychobabble. Also included are over a hundred tips or "takeaways" - bite-sized pieces of advice to help parents enjoy time with their children so much more! In addition, there is an appendix of resources, organizations, and Websites that specialize in helping divorcing parents keep the peace.

Smart Parenting During and After Divorce helps relieve the confusion and sadness a poor-co-parenting relationship can bring to a child. It also presents non-adversarial methods for resolving custody and visitation conflicts so that parents can stay out of court and save time and money.

This indispensable resource will help parents:

• Talk to their kids about divorce and address their special needs
• Keep both parents active in their children's lives
• Establish fair visitation schedules
• Learn the art of compromise
• Deal with common problems such as academic issues, rebellion, and anger towards parents

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Peter J. Favaro, Ph.D. is a psychologist and executive director of Smart Parenting: The Family Center, which provides court services to high-conflict individuals and families. He has handled more than six thousand custody cases in the state of New York.

 SMART PARENTING DURING AND AFTER DIVORCE by Peter J. Favaro, Ph.D.; McGraw-Hill; January 2009; Paperback: $16.95; 229 pages; ISBN-10: 0-07-159755-7; ISBN-13: 978-0-07-159755-5.

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