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Product Identifiers

PublisherTouchstone

ISBN-100684830787

ISBN-139780684830780

eBay Product ID (ePID)14818

Product Key Features

Edition2

Book TitleMom's House, Dad's House

Number of Pages400 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1997

TopicDivorce & Separation, Parenting / General, Emotions

IllustratorYes

GenreFamily & Relationships, Self-Help

AuthorIsolina Ricci

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight11.1 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN97-029867

SynopsisCan children flourish in any custody situation? If their parents read Mom's House, Dad's House, the answer is a resounding yes. This unique groundbreaking classic, which has become the standard for two generations of parents, is again breaking new ground-revised, updated, and expanded-with examples, self-tests, checklists, and guidelines. This comprehensive guide looks anew at the needs of all concerned with even more creative options and commonsense advice in the legal, emotional, and practical realities of creating two happy and stable homes for your children. The map to a "decent divorce" and two happy homes; healing yourself and your children; the New Family Bill of Rights after separation. Helping your children with age-specific advice; explaining change, giving them continuity and security; restabilizing their sense of home and family; danger signals; five ways to evaluate your children's time. Negotiating Parenting Agreements; legal do's and don'ts; time arrangements, custody types; attorneys; how to get ready for negotiations; when to use mediation; using "HIRT" test when an agreement is broken. Breaking away from "negative intimacy" with a difficult ex; how to talk to your former mate; steps to building a "businesslike" relationship as parents; how to avoid becoming the neighborhood soap opera. Handling long-distance parenting; managing the return of an absent parent; holidays; remarriage; life without another parent., African-American athletes have played a significant role in the development and popularity of American professional sports, and have encountered numerous obstacles on the road to athletic success. This is the first comprehensive multi-sport biographical dictionary of African Americans who reached the pinnacles of success in their sport. It contains more personal and career profiles of African-American sports greats than are found in any other single source. Biographical profiles of 166 noted athletes, coaches, and administrators in team and individual sports include both Ristorical figures such as Jesse Owens and Satchel Paige and contemporary stars such as Charles Barkley, Ken Griffey, Jr., Michael Jordan, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Shaquille O'Neal, and Emmitt Smith. Forty-four sports historians contributed the colorfully written biographies, which blend both personal background information and athletic career accomplishments. All information is current through the middle of 1995. The dictionary covers the contributions made by African-American greats in football, baseball, basketball, track and field, boxing, wrestling, auto and stock car racing, golf, thoroughbred racing, tennis, cycling, and figure skating. More than two-thirds of the entries represent team sports. The dictionary is organized alphabetically by person. Each colorfully written profile is 800-1,000 words in length and traces the subject's personal life, family and educational background, personal struggles, career accomplishments, records set, statistical data, awards and honors, and overall impact; and features lively quotations by and about the sports luminaries. Each entry contains a handy bibliography of books and articles about the subject. Biographies of managers, coaches, and club executives describe their teams, statistical achievements, accomplishments, strategy, and sports impact. A general introduction traces the historic struggle of African-American athletes in professional and Olympic sports and appendices provide alphabetical listings of biographical entries and entries by sport. A selection of photos complement the profiles. For the sports fan or librarian, this is a first stop for biographical information that captures the personality of the athlete and includes all the pertinent information about his or her accomplishments. It is an essential addition to the reference sections of junior high, high school, and public libraries., Internationally renowned therapist, family expert and mediator Isolina Ricci, Ph.D. presents this definitive and newly updated guide to divorce and making shared custody work for parents and children. The ground-breaking classic, Mom's House, Dad's House , has become the standard for two generations of divorcing parents, and includes examples, self-tests, checklists, tools, and guidelines to help separated moms and dads with the legal, emotional, and financial issues they will encounter as they work to create happy and stable homes. This comprehensive guide looks anew at the needs of all family members with creative options and common-sense advice, including: * The map to a "decent divorce" and two happy homes * Helping children of divorce with age-specific advice * Negotiating Parental Agreements and custody arrangements * Breaking away from "negative intimacy" with a difficult ex-husband or ex-wife * Sidestepping destructive myths about divorce (and marriage) * Handling long-distance parenting and parenting alone With Mom's House, Dad's House , parents will learn how to help their children heal and find a sense of continuity, security, and stability throughout the divorce process and in any custody situation.

LC Classification NumberHQ777.5.R53 1997