Recommended Reading

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Recommended Reading

For Adults:

Co-parenting 101: Helping Your Kids Thrive in Two Households After Divorce (Deesha Philyaw and Michael D. Thomas)

Co-parenting With a Toxic Ex: What to do When Your Ex-Spouse Tries to Turn the Kids Against You (Amy J. L. Baker)

Difficult Questions Kids Ask and Are Afraid to Ask About Divorce (Meg F. Schneider and Joan Zuckerberg)

Divorce and the Special Needs Child (Margaret “Pegi” Price)

Divorce Poison: How to Protect Your Family from Bad-mouthing and Brainwashing (Dr. Richard A. Warshak)

Divorce: Think Financially, Not Emotionally (Jeffrey A. Landers)

Getting Past Your Breakup (Susan J. Elliott JD Med)

Getting Up, Getting Over and Getting On (Micki McWade)

Joint Custody With a Jerk: Raising a Child With an Uncooperative Ex - A Hands-on, Practical Guide to Communicating With a Difficult Ex-Spouse (Julie Ross)

Mom's House, Dad's House for Kids: Feeling at Home in One Home or Two (Isolina Ricci Ph.D.)

Otherhood: Modern Women Finding A New Kind of Happiness (Melanie Notkin)

Putting Children First: Proven Parenting Strategies for Helping Children Thrive Through Divorce (JoAnne Pedro-Carroll)

Psychopath Free (Expanded Edition): Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships With Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other Toxic People (Jackson MacKenzie)

Rebuilding: When Your Relationship Ends (Dr. Bruce Fisher and Dr. Robert Alberti)

Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder (Bill Eddy, LCSW, JD and Randi Kreger)

Talking to Children About Divorce: A Parent's Guide to Healthy Communication at Each Stage of Divorce (Jean McBride, MS LMFT)

The 10 Stupidest Mistakes Men Make When Getting a Divorce (Joseph Cordell)

The Collaborative Way to Divorce (Stuart G. Webb and Ronald D. Ousky)

The Co-Parents' Handbook: Raising Well-Adjusted, Resilient and Resourceful Kids in a Two-Home Family from Little Ones to Young Adults (Karent Bonnell)

The Guys-Only Guide to Getting Over Divorce and on with Life, Sex, and Relationships (Sam J. Buser and Glenn F. Sternes)

The Parent’s Guide to Birdnesting (Ann Gold Buscho, PhD)

The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness (Dave Ramsey)

For Kids:

It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear: A Read-Together Book for Parents and Young Children During Divorce (Vicki Lansky) (3 - 7 age range)

Standing on My Own Two Feet: A Child's Affirmation of Love in the Midst of Divorce (Tamara Schmitz) (3 - 7 age range)

Two Homes (Claire Masurel and Kady MacDonald Denton) (3 - 7 age range)

Dinosaurs Divorce (Marc Brown and Laurie Krasny Brown) (4 - 7 age range)

Was it the Chocolate Pudding? A Story for Little Kids About Divorce (Sandra Levins) (5 - 6 age range)

When I Miss You (“The Way I Feel” Books) (Cornelia Maude Spelman) (4 - 8 age range)

The Invisible String (Patrice Karst) (4 - 8 age range)

Always Mom, Forever Dad (Joanna Rowland, Penny Weber) (5 - 8 age range)

Divorce Is Not the End of the World: Zoe's and Evan's Coping Guide for Kids (Zoe Stern) (8 - 12 age range)

The Divorce Helpbook for Kids (Rebuilding Books; For Divorce and Beyond) (Cynthia MacGregor) (8 - 12 age range)

When Mom and Dad Divorce (Emily Menendez-Aponte and R.W. Alley) (8 - 12 age range)

For Teenagers:

The Divorce Helpbook for Teens (Rebuilding Books) (Cynthia MacGregor)

Now What Do I Do?: A Guide to Help Teenagers with Their Parents' Separation or Divorce (Lynn Cassella-Kapusinski)

The Day My Mother Left (James Prosek)

For Prenuptial Agreements

How We Love, Expanded Edition: Discover Your Love Style, Enhance Your Marriage (Milan Yerkovich)

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert (John Gottman, PhD, Nan Silver)

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts (Gary Chapman)