The Visitation Handbook: Your Complete Guide to Parenting Apart (Legal Survival Guides)

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Summary: You owe it to your kids to get this book!
Review: I am the custodial parent of three children - two girls and a boy - and I can't begin to explain what a relief I felt after reading this book. The author speaks in a straightforward way. My ex-husband - or as the author points out in the book - my kids' father and I each have our own copy. We now have a better understanding of what each other is going through and how we can create a better atmosphere to parent our kids. There are so many practical real life solutions in here. This book has helped us move beyond the divorce and face the reality of the many years of parenting we will have together. You owe it to your kids to get this book!

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Summary: This is a book I'd like to see all divorced parents read!
Review: I work for a social services agency and many of my clients are trying to cope with visitation/access. I liked this book a lot because it gives straight advice about real situations. The emphasis is on working things out, but it also tells parents how to handle it if they can't. This is a book I am going to recommend to my clients because it gives them real tips on how to make things work. There are great things like lists of things parents shouldn't say to their kids and lists of things to pack for visitation/access time. There are also good tips about how to make transitions work - often the most difficult time for children. It really is a handbook- a manual for living with visitation/access. This is a book I'd like to see all divorced parents read.

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Summary: This is a book I'd like to see all divorced parents read!
Review: This book is o.k., but doesn't offer any new advice. It's mostly filled with common sense. If you are on friendly terms with your ex, and he/she is a little clueless, maybe you could give it to them.
I didn't find the "flip it over" aspect necessary, as it was mostly the same information for both parents, with only minor changes.
If you have any major problems or concerns with your visitation situation, you won't find much help here.

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Summary: Good if you are really new to divorce and visitation
Review: This book is o.k., but doesn't offer any new advice. It's mostly filled with common sense. If you are on friendly terms with your ex, and he/she is a little clueless, maybe you could give it to them.
I didn't find the "flip it over" aspect necessary, as it was mostly the same information for both parents, with only minor changes.
If you have any major problems or concerns with your visitation situation, you won't find much help here.

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Summary: An Informative and Practical Guide
Review: This is a great book that gives a lot of practical advice. The most wonderful thing about this book is that its focus is on your children. As a custodial parent, sometimes things will happen that will make me see red, and it's so tough to know what to do. Even though I know that whatever I say and do affects my kids, it can be so difficult sometimes not to let loose and get upset in a way that ends up hurting them instead. Sember's nuts and bolts advice is great for helping me keep my kids the top priority, even when it means biting my tongue sometimes. I wish I had the kind of relationship with my ex which would let us use this book together, but even without that, it has been extremely helpful. The resource section is great, and I was pleased to see that it includes Canadian resources as well. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who has to deal with visitation.