Two Happy Homes: A Working Guide for Parents and Stepparents after Divorce and Remarriage »

Shirley Thomas, PhD, is a psychologist in Colorado who has helped thousands of children and parents cope with separation and divorce. She emphasizes coparenting education in her work, and regularly consults with courts about the needs of children. Dr. Thomas performs custody evaluations and mediates with parents in conflict. In addtion to Two Happy Homes, she has written two other books for parents and children, Parents Are Forever and Divorced But Still My Parents.

Two Happy Homes was written after readers of Parents Are Forever asked for a book that specifically advises how to bring new partners into the lives of children after divorce. This book gives practical and specific ideas for parents to create happy stepfamily lives for their children. It covers the most common errors made by moms and dads as they move on to create new family life after separation, and is highly endorced by experts. Specific advice is given for parents of children who never married, but are raising a child together, as coparents.