Erica Komisar, LCSW, is the author of Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters , which won a Family Choice Award for best parenting book, and Chicken Little the Sky Isn''t Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety . A psychoanalyst, clinical social worker, and parent guidance expert, she earned her MSW from Columbia University and started her private practice in New York City in 1990. A contributing editor for the Institute for Family Studies, she belongs to the International Psychoanalytic Association and lives in Manhattan with her husband and three young-adult children.

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Erica Komisar, LCSW, is the author of Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters, which won a Family Choice Award for best parenting book, and Chicken Little the Sky Isn't Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety. A psychoanalyst, clinical social worker, and parent guidance expert, she earned her MSW from Columbia University and started her private practice in New York City in 1990. A contributing editor for the Institute for Family Studies, she belongs to the International
Psychoanalytic Association and lives in Manhattan with her husband and three young-adult children.

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A framework for child-centred divorce from acclaimed psychoanalyst and award-winning author, Erica Komisar.

A good divorce is better than a bad marriage, but for children that doesn't make the split any easier.

Legal decisions have emotional consequences. Well-meaning parents can become hostile, insecure or jealous, and well-adjusted kids can grieve the loss of the family unit, rage at the pain that they feel, or prey on parental guilt.

In The Child-Healthy Divorce, acclaimed psychoanalyst and award-winning author Erica Komisar marshals more than 30 years of clinical experience and extensive research to show readers how to make an effective plan that centres children's needs. Her advice includes:

• how to talk to your children about what's happening,
• how to maintain normal routines,
• what to know about kids of different ages.

For example, interrupting a child's attachment with the primary caregiver before age three can lead to behavioural problems later in life. Teens going to college also need a stable home as a foundation to establish their own independence.

With numerous case studies and practical strategies, the book shows parents:

• how to create age-appropriate custody arrangements,
• reassure kids without invalidating their feelings,
• how to build a positive support system,

As well as It also provides helpful guidance about new partners, blended families, and other special situations. Most importantly, it offers hope.

No one with kids wants a divorce, but if that step becomes necessary, this book can help readers establish the emotional security that their children need for success in life.