Shared parenting : raising your children cooperatively after separation / Jill Burrett & Michael Green.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-169) and index.

Parenting after separation -- Benefits and challenges -- Popular myths -- Some ifs and buts -- Sorting out your motives -- Considering children's choices -- Working out a timetable -- Designing a parenting plan -- Sample parenting plans -- Communicating between households.

Burnett and Green show how both parents can maintain meaningful relationships with their children after separation. The practical tools they offer, such as parenting plans, work in every party's best interests - especially the children's.

With legislation in many jurisdictions now enshrining shared parental responsibility and parenting time, the authors show separated parents how to make this work. They cite supporting research which indicated how important it is for children to continue meaningful relationships after family breakdown.

Myths and misconceptions are dealt with, together with practical advice on how parents can get past their hurt and anger and focus on approaches that will benefit their children. The authors also tackle the nuts and bolts of weekly routines and include useful suggestions on timetabling and communication between households.

Once a good shared parenting arrangement is in place, the emotional benefits reveal themselves:
- mums becoming more comfortable with sharing the children;
- dads learning to truly be with the children; and
- children being happier in shared care arrangements, and so benefiting their parents.