Shared Parenting : Raising your children cooperatively after separation

Author(s): Jill Burrett & Michael Green

Separation & Divorce

Raising your children cooperatively after separation. This important and timely book shows how shared parenting can work after separation and how both parents can maintain meaningful relationships with their children. The authors, Jill Burrett and Michael Green, bring to this work their expertise in counselling and mediation, respectively. They provide sample parenting plans - both complex and simple - for various types of separated families. The practical tools they offer work in every party's best interests - especially the children's. With legislation in many jurisdictions now enshrining shared parental responsibility and parenting time, the authors show separated parents how to make this work. They cite supporting research which indicates how important it is for children to continue meaningful relationships after family breakdown. Myths and misconceptions are dealt with, together with practical advice on how parents can get past their hurt and anger and focus on approaches that will benefit their children. The authors also tackle the nuts and bolts of weekly routines and include useful suggestions on timetabling and communication between households.


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'This book is an excellent resource for people who want to understand how best to put the children first and to work out cooperative, shared parenting arrangements after separation. I recommend it very highly.' Patrick Parkinson, Professor of Law, University of Sydney. 'This is a must-read for any parent contemplating separation and divorce or for those already in the process. It's never too late to reconnect with your children ... You and your kids deserve this.' Judy Radich, National President, Early Childhood Australia. 'This book offers practical solutions focused on children's needs, while challenging some traditional assumptions about parenting after separation.' Anne Hollonds, CEO, Relationships Australia (NSW).

Jill Burrett is a consulting psychologist, in private practice in Sydney, who provides counselling and assessment services for a wide range of individual and family problems. She writes from personal and professional experience of the effects of separation on families, and is the author of Parenting after Separation and co-author of Shared Parenting. Her other books on divorce, relationships and parenting include But I Want to Stay With You, Dad's Place and Making Good Decisions About Relationships and Separating. With over 30 years' experience as a lawyer, Michael Green now runs a private mediation practice specialising in family conferencing, mediation, life skills programs and dispute resolution. He conducts programs to assist men and women to better manage their lives and parenting following separation and divorce. He is the father of two children and the author of Fathers After Divorce, a book that has helped many men become successful separated parents, and coauthor of Shared Parenting. He lives in Sydney.

General Fields

  • : 9781876451721
  • : Finch Publishing
  • : Finch Publishing
  • : 01 May 2006
  • : Australia
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Jill Burrett & Michael Green
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : 649.108
  • : 192