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Winning Custody: A Woman's Guide to Retaining Custody of Her Children
by Deedra Hunter, Tom Monte
Product Group: Book
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (2001-01-06)
ISBN: 031225265X
EAN: 9780312252656
Dewy Decimal #: 306.89083
Paperback: 192 pages
Edition: 1st
SKU: 29724
Condition: Like New
Comments: THE SOFTBACK BOOK! ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, 2001. THE UNABRIDGED 1ST EDITION. SOFTCOVER BOOK AND PAGES ARE IN FINE CONDITION! Rapid shipping w/FREE tracking. GREAT PACKAGING . Air Mail. YW.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
You never wanted to be in this position, but you are. Now, faced with the prospect of a custody dispute, you need to make smart choices. Winning Custody can help. this book-written by a woman who is an experienced psychotherapist, a mom, and a veteran of a bitter custody dispute-will help you find your way, maintain your sanity, and keep your kids from being caught in the custody cross fire.
Winning Custody is geared specifically toward women seeking custody of their children. It offers advice on how to navigate the complicated legal maze of the custody process, giving step-by-step guidance on:
-How to find a good-and affordable-lawyer
-What to wear in court (it's more important than you might think)
-How to effectively communicate with you ex
-How to parent your child firmly, lovingly, and consistently throughout the crisis period
-How to defuse your fears of losing your children
-And how to love and believe in yourself during this most difficult time
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Customer Reviews
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What a waste of my time!
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-09-03
I am a woman who is a psychotherapist and who has also been involved in the custody process from many angles, both professionally and personally. I find this book to be sexist at best. The book seems to advocate mothers to pretend to be the 'good' Mom versus really being a good Mom. This book does not include any guidance for men or couples, only for women. It sounds like Deedra considers herself a victim, and I have a feeling she needs to take another look at this aspect. I wonder how her kids and ex husband feel about her and her book??? Not worth your time or money.
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Protecting kids from legal battles
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-06-06
I've known Deedra Hunter for years and have found her insights to be practical in protecting kids during legal battles. She will come alongside to act as your 'custody coach' to help you out of the fog of a legal battle to move forward and rebuild your life.
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This book won't help
Rating (1)
Date: 2008-04-05
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Deedra Hunter thinks that it is only a tragedy when women are damaged by the custody experience. I have news for her the custody process is humiliating, infuriating, and degrading for men as well as women. Hunter encourages women to see themselves as victims of men and the courts and that a mother's love is more important than father's love. From my point of view the courts spend a lot of time protecting women and they have always had the sisterhood behind them. I don't know how to fix this mess but I am sure this book won't help.
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Are you kidding?
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Date: 2007-11-07
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
A woman needs advice on getting custody like a sandwich needs advice to include bread. If you're looking for a positive book on how to make things better, written by a psychologist who's not trying to rationalize her own personal problems, try "Divorce Poison: Protecting the Parent-Child Bond from a Vindictive Ex", by Richard Warshak.
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An excellent supporting book to 'Taken in to custody'
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Date: 2007-10-22
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book should be read in conjunction with Stephen Baskervilles 'Taken in to custody' in order to get the full picture of the child custody system in our country today.
Deadras book is able to outline some of the motivations behind Baskervilles excellent work on the purely evil bias against men in the family courts today. Every manipulation, every advantage yielding false accusation that can be used by the 'fairer' sex can be pieced together using these two books. Whilst Baskervilles book exposes the mountain that men have to climb in order to attain equality, Deadra is able to manipulate the truth of the situation to show the gentle slope that women have to endure in order to exact the most rewarding revenge on their childrens 'less important' parent. It is a sobering and torturous wake up call that any man who has been through the system does not need, and any women who seeks maximum pain on their insignificant other, will take full advantage of.
The contrast between the two make for excellent reading and insight in to the so called equality of gender feminism.
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