The Truth About Children and Divorce, Robert E. Emery, PhD
The Truth About Children and Divorce, Robert E. Emery, PhD
List: $24.99 | Sale: $17.50
Club: $12.49

The Truth About Children and Divorce
Dealing with the Emotions So You and Your Children Can Thrive

Author: Robert E. Emery, PhD

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged: 11 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/19/2024

Synopsis

Nationally recognized expert Robert Emery applies his twenty-five years of experience as a researcher, therapist, and mediator to offer parents a new road map to divorce. Dr. Emery shows how our powerful emotions and the way we handle them shape how we divorce—and whether our children suffer or thrive in the long run. His message is hopeful, yet realistic—divorce is invariably painful, but parents can help promote their children's resilience. With compassion and authority, Dr. Emery explains:

● Why it is so hard to really make divorce work

● How anger and fighting can keep people from really separating

● Why legal matters should be one of the last tasks

● Why parental love—and limit setting—can be the best "therapy" for kids

● How to talk to children, create workable parenting schedules, and more

About Robert E. Emery, PhD

Robert E. Emery, PhD, is a professor of psychology and the director of the Center for Children, Families, and the Law at the University of Virginia, where he has spent his entire academic career (beginning in 1981). He received his BA from Brown University in 1974 and his PhD from Stony Brook University in 1982. Dr. Emery's research focuses on family relationships and children's mental health, including parental conflict, divorce, divorce mediation, child custody, and genetically informed studies of all these issues, as well as associated legal and policy issues. Emery has authored more than 150 scientific publications and several books on divorce. In addition to his research, teaching, and administrative responsibilities, Dr. Emery maintains a practice as a clinical psychologist, divorce mediator, and parenting coordinator. He is the father of five children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Frank

Takeaways from reading the book: What emotions do children in divorced families feel? - Page 80: Painful memories, feelings and worries are much more common among children from divorced families than among children from married families. - Page 113: Because 3-5 year old children are egocentric and thin......more

Goodreads review by Aurélien

After more than two decades working as a researcher, therapist, and mediator (besides his personal experience as a divorced father himself), Robert E. Emery offers his insights on what can make (or not) a 'successful' divorce that is, one where children are harmed as less as possible. It's a common......more

Add to Cart
Add to Wish List