When parents part : how mothers and fathers can help their children deal with separation and divorce

Summary: "Using the latest scientific research in child development, Penelope Leach covers the various effects of divorce on children in five stages of life (infants, toddlers/preschoolers, primary school children, teenagers, college students/young adults), many of whom are far more deeply affected than previously thought. She explains recent studies which overturn many common assumptions, and which show, for example, that many standard custody arrangements for very young children are harmful to children's attachment to their parents and therefore to their brain development"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781101874042 (hbk.)
ISBN: 110187404X (hbk.)
ISBN: 9781101874059 (ebk.)
ISBN: 1101874058 (ebk.)
Physical Description: print
xx, 245 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published in Great Britain in 2014 as: Family breakdown : helping children hang on to both their parents.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-238) and index.