Judy Osborne

Wisdom for Separated Parents (eBook, PDF)

Rearranging Around the Children to Keep Kinship Strong

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The stories within this book document how men and women-both straight and gay-have rearranged their lives to create harmonious kinship relationships and be successful parents after separation, thereby proving that divorce does not have to mean "unhappily ever after." Anchored in the author's personal experience, Wisdom for Separated Parents: Rearranging Around the Children to Keep Kinship Strong traces the long arc of family change through the actual words of men and women who have struggled through separation and co-parenting. This book provides stories from separated parents that share what they've learned from co-parenting and discovering new kinds of families, revealing insights on the process of untangling, rearranging, and "reinventing" straight and gay families. The extensive interviews in this book reach back as far as the 1950s and explain what it has meant to be separated for decades. These candid stories provide revelations on how to deal with the loss gracefully and minimize ill will, and recount the joys of having a bigger family and more kin connections. This book speaks to two different audiences: today's struggling parents, who will find valuable wisdom as they make crucial decisions about separation and divorce; and readers who have lived this history and will identify with the stories and gain insight and validation regarding their long-ago choices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313395895
• Artikelnr.: 37829947

Autorenporträt

Judy Osborne, MA, a marriage and family therapist for more than thirty years, is founder and director of Stepfamily Associates (www.stepfamilyboston.com), Brookline, MA.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: The Secret Life of Separated Parents 2 A
Story of Untangling with Young Children in the '70s 3 Untangling: Normal
Differences and Formal Separations 4 A Family Rearranges through the '80s
and '90s 5 Rearranging 6 Grandchildren See Everyone as Kin 7 Stories of Six
Families Recognizing Moments of Kinship 8 Stories of Double Pioneers:
Lesbian and Gay Families Recognize Kinship 9 Becoming Partners Again? 10
Wisdom for Separated Parents Notes Bibliography Index