Penelope Leach is a research psychologist, and one of the world’s leading experts in child development. The author of numerous books on childcare, including the classic manual Your Baby and Child, she is herself a mother of two, and grandmother of six.
Penelope's latest book, Family Breakdown: Helping Children Hang On To Both Their Parents, has been described as "obligatory reading for anyone even contemplating the ending of a relationship where children are involved". The book, which looks at divorce and separation from the child’s point-of-view, is aimed at parents who have separated or divorced or intend to do so, as well as their extended families and prospective partners, and the professionals who support and advise them. Above all, the book is written to help those parents help their children.
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