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The Divorced Parent's Challenge: Eight lessons to teach children love and forgiveness

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This book, by a medical professional with war stories of her own, gives steps that parents need to move forward, or in the right direction, after divorce, even long after.

One of the things the author does best is running examples, stories from real families, that are not the same tired anecdotes as similar books where you can anticipate the story and the lesson. They rang authentic, and I looked forward to them.

I would recommend it to any parent, even those still together, as the book's overlying message is that children should come first, and that parenthood is for adults.

Excellent book coming from someone who's been through the trauma of losing a child and divorce, survived, and is sharing her experiences and wisdom through an accessible, positive method she's created. Grabenstein helps divorced parents recognize the pitfalls that result in allowing their ego battles to take primary importance, and consequently, damaging their children. By loving, supporting, and being the best mother she can to the children of her two families, she heals herself. She also shows by example how she put her children first and still managed to develop a career as a nurse, workshop leader and author. Very impressive.