The first edition was great, but this revised update is even better! Shared Care or Divide Lives provides a very readable overview of the benefits and challenges of shared parenting for separated families, and stays focussed on the wellbeing of children at all times. This update contains new insights, practical tips, and compassionate guidance drawn from decades of firsthand experience working with families. Professor Bruce Smyth (Australian National University).
It is critical that the needs of the children are properly considered when parents separate. Unfortunately, separation has a profound impact on the parents’ capacity to function in a cooperative fashion when they most need to work together. The second edition of this popular book is written to assist in understanding what children need and how best to achieve it.
Shared Care or Divided Lives? is a practical discussion of five main topics:
The essence of Dr Watts’ discussion is that a court can order the time to be shared but it is the parents’ actions which will determine whether they coparent. The power of their actions determines if the children end up with divided lives or whether they actually experience shared care. This book is a tool to assist in making shared care beneficial to all, especially the children.
Dr Watts is an Adjunct Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and a Forensic Psychologist with 35 years’ experience and has been appointed as Single Expert Witness in over 2200 matters in the Family Court. He has witnessed first-hand the terrible impact of separation gone badly upon the lives of children. This book is a combination of his extensive experience coupled with psychological theory packed full of helpful suggestions to improve the wellbeing of your children through this process.
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