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Caught in the Middle: Protecting the Children of High-Conflict Divorce

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I am a parent who shares custody with a long and difficult history. This book has been instrumental in providing me with deep insights into how my reactions and behaviors are affecting my child, and what I can do to help. Its is not a self-help book, but the information in it is instructive to help, particularly for the child being parented. I am quite appreciative of the information and how it was presented. It also gave me valuable perspective into the child custody evaluation process and the particular evaluator engaged for our matter. Its nothing a parent either needs or wants experinece with personally. I wish I had read it or been referred to it before/while participating in our evaluaiton a few years ago - My kid would have benefitted most.

i bought this when my wife left after an affair. it really puts things in perspective and keeps you focused on your kids; instead of hating on your ex. ironically i skipped all the sections on parent coordinator and my custody fight is finally over after two years and we have a parent coordinator. i would recommend that men dont fight the coordinator as hard as i did. with all the game playing its good to have someone recording them.

This is a great book for both therapists working with divorced parents and the parents who keep their children "caught in the middle" -- written very clearly for the lay person while also helpful to professionals.

This is a fine book if there is a good deal of conflict in a divorce; however, there is little attention given to context and a huge attention given to kids. Kids these days are socially constructed to live with entitlement and have become weak in dealing with reality. The book advises more of the same. Parents in real conflict need a psych evaluation done on both homes and both parents, or let the court honor 50:50 parental time. The book can be helpful, if you can read through the generalizations and canned prescriptions.