Links to other helpful divorce mediation websites, organizations, books, etc.
Resources for Parents
- Up to Parents — A free, confidential, and interactive website for divorcing and divorced parents.
- Parents Guide to Helping Children through Divorce — Article on things that parents can do to help their children deal with divorce in a more productive manner.
- Helping Your Child through a Divorce — Article on ways to lower the stress of divorce on children.
- Helping Children Understand Divorce — Article with advice on talking with children about divorce and specific information on how children understand divorce at different ages.
- Helping Infants and Toddlers Adjust to Divorce — Article with very specific advice on addressing the needs of Infants and Toddlers according to their developmental stage.
- DivorceCare — Listing of church-based support groups.
- Better Parenting, Better Divorce — Divorce parenting classes held right in the South Bay.
Resources for Children
- Families Change — A Kids’ Guide to Separation and Divorce.
- Kids First — A list of helpful books for children and parents going through divorce.
- A Kid’s Guide to Divorce — Article about the basics of divorce written specifically for children.
- Kids in the Middle — Site with specific advice for children on how to stay out of, or get out of, the middle of the divorce.
- Divorce and Teens — Site with specific advice for teens going through divorce.
- A Teen’s Guide to Divorce — Article about the basics of divorce written specifically for teens.
Organizations
- Association of Family & Conciliation Courts
- California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists
- TherapistFinder.com (Marriage & Relationship section) — For finding a therapist; also has good info on how to tell children about divorce, etc.
- Southern CA Mediation Association
Court/Legal Resources
- California Courts Online Self-Help Center
- LA County Superior Court Family site
- California Family Code Online
General Divorce Sites
- Mediate.com — General mediation site with articles and information on all types of mediation including divorce mediation.
- DivorceSource.com — Online divorce magazine with articles, subject-specific information, forums and other general resources.
- DivorceSupport.com — Online divorce magazine with articles, subject-specific information, forums and other general resources.
- DivorceNet.com — Online divorce magazine with articles, subject-specific information, forums and other general resources.