Don't Divorce Your Children : Protecting Their Rights and Your Happiness
Sammons and Lewis, both pediatricians, explore answers to a wide variety of questions and concerns of parents and children facing divorce. Using a format of diary entries from a parent and a child (fictional material drawn from the authors' wide experience) and subsequent analysis, the authors look at such issues as telling children about an impending divorce, dealing with visitation, helping children adjust to changes a divorce may bring (such as moving and birthday celebrations), and the special problems of adolescents. Each chapter of this easy-to-read book is self-contained allowing the reader to go back and use sections that pertain to specific situations. Although the tone is upbeat and positive, the authors stress the need for both parents to stay involved in the lives of their children. Recommended for public libraries.AKay L. Brodie, Chesapeake Coll., Wye Mills, MDCopyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.