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How a Child Psychiatrist Suggests Dealing with Really Scary News

By Daniel Amen — 2017

As a child psychiatrist for nearly four decades, I’ve seen that when children are also exposed to the never-ending negative news cycle—even if that just means hearing their parents talk about current events—it makes them feel unsafe, which is often manifested by sleepless nights, anxiety, headaches, clinginess, and belly pain.

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The Truth About Children and Divorce: Dealing with the Emotions so You and Your Children Can Thrive

Presents compassionate guidelines for divorcing parents on how to manage a divorce and its aftermath while promoting child resiliency and well-being, discussing such topics as the benefits of constructive fighting, handling the legal side of a divorce appropriately, and therapeutic parenting.

Robert E. Emery

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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

How can we live our lives when everything seems to fall apart—when we are continually overcome by fear, anxiety, and pain? The answer, Pema Chödrön suggests, might be just the opposite of what you expect.

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31 – Heal a Broken Heart with Breakup Bootcamp Author Amy Chan

Amy interviews Amy Chan, the author of Breakup Bootcamp, about the scientific ways to heal a broken heart. They discuss why we're attracted to certain people, the things you shouldn't do after a relationship ends, and the steps you can take to heal when your heart is broken.

The Verywell Mind Podcast With Amy Morin

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Mama, Mama, Only Mama: An Irreverent Guide for the Newly Single Parent―From Divorce and Dating to Cooking and Crafting, All While Raising the Kids and Maintaining Your Own Sanity (Sort Of)

Being a single mother means relaxing your cleanliness standards. A lot. Being a single mother means missing your kids like crazy when your ex has them, only to want to give them back ten minutes after they come home. Being a single mother means accepting sleep deprivation as a natural state.

Lara Lillibridge

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The Co-Parenting Handbook: Raising Well-Adjusted and Resilient Kids from Little Ones to Young Adults through Divorce or Separation

A valuable resource for parents who are transitioning from being married with children to co-parenting together, this handbook will help ensure kids and co-parents thrive.

Karen Bonnell, Kristin Little (contributor)

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How to Succeed as a Step Family: A Psychologist Explains | Psychlopaedia

Psychologist James Bray on how to survive the high-stress first year of step parenting and establish a well-adjusted family that works for adults and children.

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As many conventionally unhappy parents did in the 1950s, my parents stayed together for the sake of the children—they divorced after my youngest brother left home for college.

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Mom’s House, Dad’s House: Making Two Homes for Your Child

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.

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When Children Grieve: For Adults to Help Children Deal with Death, Divorce, Pet Loss, Moving, and Other Losses

The first―and definitive―guide to helping children really deal with loss from the authors of The Grief Recovery Handbook Following deaths, divorces, or the confusion of major relocation, many adults tell their children “don’t feel bad.

John W. James, Russell Friedman, Leslie Landon Matthews

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