Shared Parenting: Raising Your Child Cooperatively After Separation

by Jill Burrett, Michael Green

In this practical book, two experts provide straightforward co-parenting advice to parents facing separation or divorce who wish to pursue the shared parenting approach. Drawing on their extensive experience and research, the authors emphasize the importance of children having significant time with both parents, allowing them to maintain meaningful relationships. By presenting the benefits and challenges, debunking the myths, giving practical tips on communication between the two households, and providing concrete tools to aid in creating co-parenting plans, this book steers parents past their personal feelings toward a successful resolution that is in everyone’s best interest.

Genres: Parenting

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Kat]

DNF, this book was not for me.

I felt myself feeling defensive and upset reading it. I wish the book had been about making the best of the situation you’re in, not trying to tell you what your situation should be. There is a lot of really painful and judgy language used, in a way that feels counterintuitive to the point of the book. If somebody picked up this book in the first place, they are clearly trying to do their best for their child.

This was the last straw for me at 7% in:

“The relationships between children and parents are irrevocably changed, no matter where or with whom they live. So everyone has to change too. For children, the experience is especially traumatic and painful and should not be underestimated. It is a betrayal of the trust that was given to them when they were born, a rupturing of the contract by which their parents promised that they would love and care for them together. It represents the loss of the world as they know it.”

A RUPTURING OF THE CONTRACT. No, thank you.

[Sean Sexton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excellent book, containing lots of source material supporting the supposition that children of divorced parents need to spend time with both parents. Easy read containing lots of practical information for creating a loving two-household environment for your kids.