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Author Ricci, Isolina.

Title Mom's house, dad's house : making shared custody work / Isolina Ricci
Published New York : Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan, [1980]
©1980

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 MELB  306.89 RIC-M  AVAILABLE
Description xv, 270 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents "Two homes with no fighting" : the destination -- They said it couldn't be done : beliefs about family life after divorce -- The view from where you stand : a self-survey -- The map : from one home to two homes -- Watch your language : how your words describe your status -- Your human income : how to take stock of your resources -- The emotions of ending a marriage : how they help and hinder the working relationship -- The retreat from intimacy : how to take the first steps toward a new working relationship -- The new working relationship : how to relate to the other parent -- Mom's house, dad's house : how to make them homes -- Business matters : first negotiations on responsibilities and rights -- The legal business : how to write your own parenting agreement -- Your children : giving them security and continuity -- The open family : extending parenting to include relatives and friends -- Long-distance parenting : how to feel close when you are far apart -- After two years : bottlenecks and breakthroughs
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 264-266
Subject Children of divorced parents -- United States.
Joint custody of children -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Single-parent families -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Stepparents -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Child Custody.
Divorce.
Parent-Child Relations.
Genre/Form Popular Work.
Handbooks and manuals.
LC no. 80018936
ISBN 0026025507