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Garrity, Carla B.; Baris, Mitchell A. Caught in the Middle: Protecting the Children of High-Conflict Divorce
Lexington Books 1994 002911330X / 9780029113301 Hard Cover Near-Fine Near-Fine
Very-nice, clean copy. Tight spine, clean pages. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $19.95. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 186 pages. Previous owner's bookplate (small) in book front, on blank page (Starr L. Blaize). Publishers Weekly That their parents' divorce adds to the burden of children's growing up is amply documented by Garrity and Baris, child psychologists in Denver who specialize in treating partners of acrimoniously failed marriages. Their book is designed to help parents and the professionals who work with them arrive at solutions to stressful situations that will enable the children of divorce to grow into emotionally healthy adults. Interparental conflict affects children at all ages, but, the authors contend, children under five are especially vulnerable, while older children more often join in the conflict by taking sides. The authors' remediation model for containing, regulating and resolving anger is presented for use by attorneys, mental health professionals and divorced parents to shape an effective co-parenting plan that does not make pawns of children. (May) Library Journal Although there have been other recent books on coparenting after divorce (e.g., Melinda Blau's Families Apart, LJ 1/94), Garrity and Baris focus primarily on situations where open conflict between parents continues years after a separation. Following opening chapters on the negative aspects of such conflict, the authors demonstrate how a parenting plan geared toward lowering the conflict level can help. This is realized primarily through the use of a ``parenting coordinator,'' who is either hired by the parents or mandated by the courts. Two chapters focus on parental alienation, which occurs when one parent attempts to alienate children from the other. Although the majority of divorcing parents are not going to want a coordinator, the ideas in this book may be useful in severe cases. Recommended for large academic and public libraries.-Kay Brodie, Chesapeake Coll., Wye Mills, Md. BookList Sad to say, but this book is needed given the continuing high divorce rate and the hard feelings that so often result from divorce--not to mention the impulse of parents to get back at their ex-spouses. Child psychologists Garrity and Baris want to help vengeful parents "work out the dynamics of their conflicts," as well as to help the affected kids. They succeed by discussing how children cope with conflict according to their ages; and by demonstrating how to create, then implement, a positive parenting plan.
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