Prioritize your child’s well–being with the strategies in this practical guide from an award–winning parent guidance expert.

For children, a good divorce is better than a bad marriage, but that doesn’t make the split any easier. Legal decisions have emotional consequences for kids and parents alike. Synthesizing more than 30 years of clinical experience, numerous case studies, and extensive research, acclaimed psychoanalyst and award–winning author Erica Komisar shows you how to make an effective plan that centers your children’s needs, including what to know about kids of different ages, how to talk about what’s happening, and how to maintain normal routines. With numerous practical strategies, this handbook helps you build a positive support system, reassure kids without invalidating their feelings, and think through age–appropriate custody arrangements. It also provides helpful guidance about effective coparenting, new partners, blended families, and other special situations. Most importantly, it offers hope for establishing the emotional security that children need for success in life.

About the Author: Erica Komisar, LCSW, is the author of Being There, which won a Family Choice Award for best parenting book, and Chicken Little the Sky Isn’t Falling. She has been in private practice since 1990. A contributing editor for the Institute for Family Studies, she lives in Manhattan, New York.