Divorce & New Beginnings:  An Authoritative Guide to Recovery and Growth, Solo Parenting, and Stepfamilies
by Genevieve Clapp, Ph.D.
Highly Recommended (Fusion Family Rating)

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Audience:   Divorced Parents

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A good book for anyone contemplating divorce as well as for those already divorced.  Recommendations deal with what to expect, the practical aspects of divorce, and the often overwhelming emotions.  The book discusses how children may be helped through the divorce and how parents and children can establish new lives.  Chapters include parenting for parents without custody and stepfamilies.

Although detailed and with a lot of information, the book is still easy to read.  The chapters and headings make it possible to quickly find information on a particular topic.   Also included are tables of interesting facts (for example, 1300 new stepfamilies form in the USA every day).  Checklists include such varied subjects as dealing with anxiety, steps in a behavioral change program for children, and eight successful strategies for stepfamilies.

Dr. Clapp is a family and divorce mediator and conducts divorce adjustment workshops and stepparenting workshops.  She gives examples of real-life situations drawn from her work that make the book interesting and readable.

- Reviewed by Jenny Brundle, Ph.D.

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