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which society doubts the credibility of sexual abuse and incest reporters. Look here for a fascinating discussion of False Memory Syndrome. |
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Legal Rights of Children, 2nd Edition, by Donald T. Kramer, Shepard's/McGraw-Hill, New York, 1994. |
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Explains various federal, state, and uniform laws, regulations, and procedures that now apply to children and their families. Specific issues covered include child support, child custody, visitation rights, child abuse, guardianship, public assistance for children, parental torts, and children as witnesses. |
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How to Collect Child Support by Geraldine Jensen, Longmeadow Press, Stamford, CT, 1991. |
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Gives basic information on what steps parents need to take to collect child support: What child support enforcement should be doing, how to complain effectively, and so on. |
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Joint Custody and Shared Parenting, 2nd Edition, by Jay Folberg, Guilford Publications, Inc., New York, 1991. |
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Examines the circumstances in which joint custody is appropriate. Second revised edition updates research and law in an accessible format. Aimed at professionals in the field, but parents can benefit from the information as well. |
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Caught in the Middle: Protecting the Children of High-Conflict Divorce by Carla B. Garrity and Mitchell A. Baris, Lexington Books, New York, 1994. |
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Provides parents embroiled in conflictand the professionals who work with themwith tools to reduce tension and remove children from the center of fire. |
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For the Sake of the Children by Kris Kline and Stephen Pew, Ph.D., Prima Publishing, Rocklin, CA, 1992. |
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How to share your children with your ex-spouse in spite of your anger. |
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Surviving the Breakup: How Children and Parents Cope with Divorce by Judith S. Wallerstein, Basic Books, New York, 1980. |
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Based on the Children of Divorce Project, a landmark study of 60 families during the first five years after divorce. Note: Second Chances, above, is the sequel to this book. |
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Children of Divorce: A Developmental Approach to Residence and Visitation by Mitchell A. Baris and Carla B. Garrity; Psytec, DeKalb, IL, 1988. |
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Drs. Baris and Garrity outline their recommendations for age-appropriate time-sharing for parents who are separating and divorcing. According to the authors, these recommendations are only for parents who have actively parented their children until the time of the parental separation; have competent parenting skills, where children are not in physical |
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