For Adults:
“Meeting Your Interests: Collaborative Law And Other Options For Dispute Resolution,” Denton County Collaborative Professionals
“Getting to Yes,” by Fisher and Ury, a book about effective negotiation
“The Power of a Positive No,” William Ury, a book about turning a roadblock into an opportunity
“Coming Apart: Why relationships end and how to live through the ending of yours,” by Daphne Rose Kingma
“The Five Love Languages,” Gary Chapman
“High Conflict Personalities in Legal Disputes,” William Eddy
“The Good Divorce,” by Constance Ahrons, a book about how to eventually turn a very sad event into a new and positive relationship
“Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus,” by John Gray, Ph.D., a book about the differences between men and women and how best to effectively deal with the opposite sex in negotiations and life
“The Custody Revolution: The Motherhood Myth and the Father Factor,” by Richard Warshak, a book about creative ways to structure parenting plans that benefit children
Children’s Books and Books About Divorcing Parents:
“Chip: The Puppy with Two Homes,” by Jodi Hassler
“It’s Not Your Fault, KoKo Bear,” Vicki Lansky
“Dinosaurs Divorce,” Marc Brown
“How It Feels When Parents Divorce,” Jill Krementz
“My Parents Are Divorced, Too: A Book for Kids By Kids,” Jan Blackstone-Ford
“What Children Need to Know When Parents Get Divorced,” William Coleman
“I Don’t Want to Talk About It,” Jeanie Franz Ransom
“Dr. Mr. Henshaw,” Beverly Cleary
“Difficult Questions Kids Ask (and Are Afraid to Ask) About Divorce,” Schneider and Zuckerberg
“The Co-Parenting Survival Guide,” Elizabeth Thayer, Ph.D.
“Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way,” M. Gary Neuman
“Mama and Daddy Bear’s Divorce,” Cornelia Maude Spelman
Online Articles of Interest:
- Grading the Negotiation Skills of Congress
- Marriage Economy: I Couldn’t Afford To Get Divorced
- “I just want to leave him, but I can’t afford it. Unhappy couples taing together as economy makes divoring too costly.” -MSNBC.com
- ‘Friendly’ divorce movement gains ground – The Christian Science Monitor
- Bringing harmony to divorce – The NY Times
- Collaborating On Divorce – Forbes.com
- The Benefits of a Collaborative Divorce – Parents Magazine Online