
Talking to Children about Divorce
A Parent's Guide to Healthy Communication at Each Stage of Divorce: Expert Advice for Kids' Emotional Recovery
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Kristin Price
About this listen
Marriage and family therapist Jean McBride has helped more than 20,000 families navigate divorce. Now she shares her expertise with an in-depth guide to discussing divorce with your kids so you can support your child’s adjustment throughout the entire divorce process.
In Talking to Children About Divorce, Jean McBride provides you with the tools and encouragement to effectively communicate with your child about divorce. McBride brings her more than 25 years of specializing in divorce to guide you through crucial but difficult conversations and cultivate an environment of love and support throughout the divorce process. You’ll learn how to have honest conversations about different situations and emotions that may arise during divorce - from breaking the news to understanding resistance.
Whether you’re beginning the divorce process, or have been working through it for a while, Talking to Children About Divorce offers practical advice that will contribute positively to your child’s emotional wellbeing.
Learn to initiate open communication, with:
- Concrete actions to help your children weather the emotions of divorce.
- Useful scripts to guide you through a variety of situations throughout the divorce process.
- Simple steps to improve communication, both with your former spouse and with your children.
- Ten tips to maintain co-parenting success and promote healthy, happy, well-adjusted children.
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- Healthy, Effective Communication Techniques for Your Changing Family
- By: Dr. Samantha Rodman
- Narrated by: Melanie Carey
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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Written by Dr. Samantha Rodman, founder of DrPsychMom.com, How to Talk to Your Kids about Your Divorce teaches you how to raise a happy, thriving family in a changing environment. Each chapter offers expert advice for discussing your decision in healthy and effective ways, including breaking the initial news, fostering an open dialogue, and ensuring that your children's emotional needs are met throughout your separation.
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She lost me at Time out
- By Monica Mayer on 11-14-24
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Putting Children First
- Proven Parenting Strategies for Helping Children Thrive Through Divorce
- By: JoAnne Pedro-Carroll
- Narrated by: Karen Saltus
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
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As Dr. JoAnne Pedro-Carroll explains with clarity and compassion in this powerful book, parents can positively alter the immediate and long-term effects of divorce on their children. The key is proven, emotionally intelligent parenting strategies that promote children's emotional health, resilience, and ability to lead satisfying lives. Over the past three decades, Pedro-Carroll has worked with families in transition, conducted research, and developed and directed award- winning, court-endorsed programs that have helped thousands of families navigate divorce and its aftermath.
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PERFECT RESOURCE FOR SEPARATED/DIVORCED
- By Ly on 10-13-16
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Should I Stay or Should I Go?
- Surviving a Relationship with a Narcissist
- By: Ramani Durvasula PhD
- Narrated by: Ramani Durvasula PhD
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? is a survival manual, a guidebook, and a shot of reality. Some people will never change, and kissing frogs is the stuff of fairy tales, not real life. The Beast never turns out to be a nice guy (or gal). This is a book that breaks down what mean people do to us, how they do it, and what we can do to survive.
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Wake up call !
- By sashy on 08-18-16
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Mom’s House, Dad’s House
- Making Two Homes for Your Child: A Complete Guide for Parents Who Are Separated, Divorced, or Remarried
- By: Isolina Ricci PhD
- Narrated by: Laura Copland
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
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The groundbreaking classic, Mom's House, Dad's House, has become the standard for two generations of divorcing parents, and includes examples, self-tests, checklists, tools, and guidelines to help separated moms and dads with the legal, emotional, and financial issues they will encounter as they work to create happy and stable homes.
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This book needs an update in a bad way.
- By Rebecca S. on 01-10-21
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I Just Want This Done
- How Smart, Successful People Get Divorced Without Losing Their Kids, Money, and Minds
- By: Raiford Palmer
- Narrated by: Raiford Palmer
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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Divorce is the intersection of everything we hold dear in life: love, sex, money, and children. When those are threatened, people get angry. Logical and reasoned decision-making spirals into power plays and finger-pointing and potentially open warfare. Without a clear head, divorce is a lose-lose for everyone except the lawyers. It doesn't have to be that way. Family law attorney Raiford Palmer has helped clients find a faster, more peaceful, less costly alternative to "World War III" divorce cases.
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Best guide when facing divorce in the US
- By Bruja on 12-09-22
By: Raiford Palmer
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The Kickass Single Mom
- Be Financially Independent, Discover Your Sexiest Self, and Raise Fabulous, Happy Children
- By: Emma Johnson
- Narrated by: Emma Johnson
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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When Emma Johnson's marriage ended, she found herself broke, pregnant, and alone with a toddler. Searching for the advice she needed to navigate her new life as a single professional woman and parent, she discovered there was very little sage wisdom available. In response, Johnson launched the popular blog Wealthysinglemommy.com to speak to other women who, like herself, wanted to not just survive but thrive as single moms.
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Unrelatable
- By Anonymous User on 05-26-19
By: Emma Johnson
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Moms Moving On
- Real Life Advice on Conquering Divorce, Co-Parenting Through Conflict, and Becoming Your Best Self
- By: Michelle Dempsey-Multack MS CDS
- Narrated by: Michelle Dempsey-Multack MS CDS
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
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We hear it all the time on the news. The divorce rates are rising. More children are being raised in split homes. But you didn’t think it would happen to you. Luckily, you’re not alone. Popular divorce coach Michelle Dempsey-Multack not only survived her own divorce but figured out how to move on with her life, just like you will, too. Now happily remarried with a blended family, she’s living proof that no matter which “firsts” you might be experiencing as you end your marriage, your best days are ahead.
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Mostly common sense & limited applicability
- By Katie C. on 09-09-23
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Getting Past Your Breakup
- How to Turn a Devastating Loss into the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You
- By: Susan J. Elliott
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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It’s over - and it really hurts. But as unbelievable as it may seem when you are in the throes of heartache, you can move past your breakup. Forget about trying to win your ex back. Forget about losing yourself and trying to make this person love you. Forget it! Starting today, this breakup is the best time to change your life for the better, inside and out. Getting Past Your Breakup is a proven road map for overcoming the painful end of any romantic relationship, even divorce.
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Wow...
- By Kamazon on 11-28-12
By: Susan J. Elliott
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The Co-Parents' Handbook
- Raising Well-Adjusted, Resilient, and Resourceful Kids in a Two-Home Family from Little Ones to Young Adults
- By: Karen Bonnell
- Narrated by: Karen Bonnell
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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When it comes to a child's sense of family, what divorce breaks apart, solid co-parenting rebuilds. With a tested "here's how" approach, The Co-Parents' Handbook helps parents confidently take on the challenges of raising children in two homes. Addressing parents' questions about the emotional impact of separation, conflict, grief and recovery, the authors skillfully provide a road map for all members of the family to safely navigate through separation/divorce and beyond.
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A personal guide on me at all time
- By PureBTNH on 02-21-16
By: Karen Bonnell
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Going from We to Me: A Financial Guide to Divorce
- By: Adrienne Rothstein Grace
- Narrated by: Adrienne Rothstein Grace
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
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Empower yourself financially with the practical steps, insights, and valuable information in this book. Marriage is about love, divorce is about money. When divorce is on your doorstep, you need to protect your financial future. This book is a guide to help you take charge of your finances through your divorce, and after. Achieve the best divorce settlement possible for you and your children.
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Very important information for divorce for women and men too
- By Suzanne Amantite on 03-01-24
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Splitting, Second Edition
- Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- By: Bill Eddy LCSW JD, Randi Kreger
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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Splitting is an essential legal and psychological guide for anyone divorcing a persuasive blamer: someone who suffers from borderline personality disorder (BPD), narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), and/or antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). This second edition includes new information about antisocial personalities; expanded information about domestic violence, child abuse, alienation, and false allegations; how to approach protective orders and deal with child custody disputes; and a new chapter on how to successfully present your case to decision makers.
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Must read!
- By tara on 01-11-22
By: Bill Eddy LCSW JD, and others
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- Ashish
- 09-29-21
Phenomenal. Just phenomenal.
Answered SO many of the questions that I had. Set us up very well for the very difficult conversation with the children to let them know of the news. Also helped with scripts for many of the potential questions and situations I feared.
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- Albert
- 02-19-23
Excellent, short book
I read this to help a friend talk to her children about divorce, and I gave it to her to help her as well. So many great points in an easy, under 4 hour audio book. And as the child of a divorce, so many things I wish my parents had known and done. Read it for your kids.
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- Brookley
- 01-17-23
Best I've Heard So Far!
This audiobook is really good, all the way through. It's engaging, easy to follow, straight to the point, and contains no fluff to make it unnecessarily long. I'm sure I'll listen to it again later!
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- John Golden
- 03-27-24
Great Advice and sample scripts that I can taylor.
This book confirmed most of my thoughts on how to deliver the news to my kids. I helped to align my plan and I shared it with my children's mom. I feel better prepared to have this difficult talk.
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- Melissa
- 12-15-24
Great overview
Nothing earth shattering here, but great to gear up for the numerous talks on divorce you will have with your children.
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- Katherine Ard
- 04-10-22
Only lists What to do BUT NOT HOW to do it
Let me sum up this entire book: “use common sense.”
The examples are horrible; the whole book is just a list of hundreds of common sense instructions. It tells you, “don’t speak disrespectfully about the other parent.” Ok I guess it’s not wrong. But it is far from helpful. One particularly bad example is what not to do: A 7 year old girl steals money from her father’s wallet, and the father asks why, and she says that her mother doesn’t have enough money for food. The father responds, “she’s a liar. Don’t listen to her.” The “advice” from the author is to not put the child in the middle of a parental conflict. Umm yes, technically true, but sooooo far from helpful. At the end of the book they have scripts on how to tell your kids you’re getting divorced. The author says repeatedly to “be specific but do not provide details.” That’s oxymoronic.
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- Michael McKenna
- 03-28-24
Not reality
Not reality. She Speaks as if in a perfect world. One side doesn't hold up their share of The agreement
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- Corinne Santore
- 06-10-21
Audio is terrible. Content is fabulous
I would read the book rather than listening to the audio. Sounds like a computer reading.
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