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When Dad Hurts Mom:

Helping Your Children Heal the Wounds of Witnessing Abuse
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Penguin Group US, Mar 1, 2005 - Self-Help - 384 pages
Can my partner abuse me and still be a good parent? Should I stay with my partner for my children's sake? How should I talk to my children about the abuse and help them heal? Am I a bad mother? Mothers in physically or emotionally abusive relationships ask themselves these questions every day. Here, a counselor reveals how abusers interact with and manipulate children-and how mothers can help their children recover from the trauma of witnessing abuse. This book, the first ever of its kind, shows mothers how to:

Protect children and help them heal emotionally
Provide love, support, and positive role models, even in the midst of abuse
Increase their chances of winning custody
Help their kids feel good about themselves

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Review: When Dad Hurts Mom: Helping Your Children Heal the Wounds of Witnessing Abuse

User Review  - Terrah Mayes - Goodreads

All social workers should require the parents of children who've had to witness, experience or hear domestic abuse to read this book! Kids blame themselves- this is a hard book to read- but it's important to understand the effects on all children. Read full review

Review: When Dad Hurts Mom: Helping Your Children Heal the Wounds of Witnessing Abuse

User Review  - Corin - Goodreads

Any woman going through a divorce should read this, as well as any woman in a relationship that feels abusive, even if she's not sure what is happening to her "meets the definition." Read full review

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About the author (2005)

Lundy Bancroft has spent over 17 years specializing in abusive men and also acts as a custody advisor. He is the author of "Why Does He Do That?" and "The Batterer as Parent," as well as articles in medical journals and professional books. The former co-director of Emerge, the nation's first counseling program for abusive men, he now practices in Massachuesetts while training various state and judicial agencies in working with domestic abuse.

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TitleWhen Dad Hurts Mom: Helping Your Children Heal the Wounds of Witnessing Abuse
AuthorLundy Bancroft
PublisherPenguin Group US, 2005
ISBN1101141824, 9781101141823
Length384 pages
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