Need an excellent co-parenting book.

July 20, 2009 8:53 AM

What are some excellent co-parenting books?

I am looking for an excellent coparenting book. One that is positive and upbeat...filled with strategies, advice and inspiration for effective coparenting. Ideally something that both parties could read simultaneously. What I don't want is one that is centered on the nasty side of divorce and the divorce process. A touchy feelgood coparenting book for divorced bohemian types. :-P

Thanks!

posted by ian1977 to Human Relations (3 answers total)

Have you looked at Smart Parenting during and after divorce?
posted by saucysault at 9:16 AM on July 20, 2009 [1 favorite]

An oldie but goody is Mom's House, Dad's House.

Also check out government resources. Places like Family Courts often have a huge amount of "positive parenting after divorce" type resources available (oddly enough, one of the best providers of these resources here is our Child Support Agency), but people don't access them because they think of those places as solely adversarial.
posted by Lolie at 10:54 AM on July 20, 2009 [1 favorite]

I'm going to second Loli'e suggestion of Mom's House, Dad's House. A dear friend who has an excellent co-parenting relationship with her ex attributes her success at working through some of the tough issues to this book. Their daughter is a remarkably well-adjusted kid.
posted by funkiwan at 11:22 AM on July 20, 2009