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Title: Don't look here for objective advice
Review: If you're committed to the idea of joint custody, this book is a handy guide. However, for those of us whose ex-spouses aren't up to the job--logistically, emotionally, psychologically, morally or geographically--this book does the serious disservice of presenting "primary parents" as vengeful, short-sighted and selfish. It's simply not so in many, many cases. Also, I question the assumption that all children thrive under and prefer shared custody arrangements. I've known several children (now adults) who've lived with these arrangements and have literally hated every minute. I'm not trashing shared custody--or this book, for that matter. But Ricci's perspective is not balanced; it's biased and, in my opinion, without credible evidence that this program is necessarily the best--or even humane--for all kids and their families.
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