Nesting After Divorce: Co-Parenting in the Family Home

By Beth Behrendt

Book Overview

In the spirit of Conscious Uncoupling comes a guide for a child-centered approach to divorce--known as nesting--that will change what it looks like to move forward as a family after a marriage ends.

Research suggests when a couple separates, children suffer the most, as they're typically shuttled back and forth between two different homes. When Beth Behrendt and her husband divorced, she found a better way: She gave her children custody of the home, while she and her husband moved around. After successfully implementing more than six years of what's known as "nesting," Behrendt has created a step-by-step guide for divorcing parents to introduce the practice in their own families. In Nesting After Divorce, Behrendt provides a program that can start when an unhappily married couple considers divorce. She offers advice on deciding whether nesting is the right choice for a family and communicating the concept to a spouse, children, friends, and family. She outlines the steps for assembling a nesting "team" of legal, financial, and mental health professionals and even shows how, surprisingly, nesting is often a more affordable approach to divorce than the traditional two-home model.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1454949791
• ISBN13: 9781454949794
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Union Square & Co.
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"