Product Description
Parenting is difficult enough in a family where the two parents love and respect each other. In divorce, where the respect has diminished and the love has often turned into intense dislike, co-parenting cane drive on or both parents to the brink of insanity. Joint Custody with a Jerk offers many proven communication techniques that will help you deal with your difficult ex-husband or ex-wife by describing examples of common problems and teaching you to examine your role in these sticky situations. These strategies for effective mediation are easy to apply, down-to-earth, and innovative.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 41 reviews)

Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex. by Patti Brennan

3 Stars
August 06, 2009
The problem with this book: the uncooperative ex., aka jerk, is the one buying the book.

uhh...not sure!! by Tonya J. Thornton (SD)

1 Stars
June 27, 2009
Ok..I bought this book a month ago today. I still have not received it! Ive written to the seller about it and of course...no response. So my review on this book is....WHO KNOWS, I cant read it because I NEVER got it! No one will refund me or send this to me.

JCWAJ makes it Easy To find Solutions To Many Typical Custody Conflict Situations by Mike Mastracci (Baltimore, Maryland USA)

5 Stars
May 30, 2009
If you are looking for ways to better communicate with your ex for the benefit of your children you would be remiss if you did not add this gem to your parenting library. You do have a parenting library don't you? If you are dealing with an uncooperative ex you should have a few good resource books on hand. This book is lighthearted about serious subjects in a practical, useful and well delivered package. Having personally encounter many of the situations and issues both personally and in my professional life as a Family Law attorney of 20 years, a Collaborative Divorce Lawyer and author of Stop Fighting Over the Kids, I have pretty much seen it all. What often happens is that contentious couple spend so much time "one upping" and criticizing the other that they fail to look at themselves as the impetus of change. If you are divorcing you should know that you can not make someone change if they do not want to and especially if they do not think that they need to. Right? But, you always can change you; how you act, react and what you do. This book is by far one of the more proactive ones on the subject matter. It provides proven methods at improving your communication skills. It is only by improving you sometimes, that improvement of the situation will occur. The book also appropriately addresses how the children who are stuck in the middle of parental tug of war often feel. Chapters five and six discuss this in the context of letting go of the past and working at change. The later parts of the book deal with the important topics associated with proper communication with your kids during these difficult transitional times. I have recommended Joint Custody With a Jerk to many clients over the years and I even listed it as a Helpful Resource on pages 265-266 in my book Stop Fighting Over the Kids: Resolving Day-to-Day Custody Custody Conflict in Divorce Situations. Stop Fighting Over The Kids: Resolving Day-to-Day Custody Conflict in Divorce Situations (Mike Mastracci's Divorce Without Dishonor)

Joint Custody with a Jerk by Arica Kelley

5 Stars
March 29, 2009
Everyone has that one ex spouse that just loves to push your buttons..Or that enjoys watching you squirm when he/she does things well out of your comfort zone. This book is FANTASTIC in helping you to learn different and *calmer* ways to handle then in situtations that arise. I can honestly say that I have learned excellent ways to adjust conversations with my ex spouse to the point where I can easily get what I want, and he has no idea what hit him afterwards. Immediately after you start reading this book, you will quickly find things that can relate to you. I highly recommend this book for people with immature or insensitive ex spouses.

Causes more problems than it solves by Dolores Gavel (Florida)

1 Stars
January 08, 2009
These methods would cause my ex to go ballistic. He is too in-tune to games and will react badly if I try these tricks on him. So far finding a way to belong on patients and use a short memory helps me get along with him best. In the interim, find a better book.

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