Product Description
Shared Roots, Strong Branches is the official manual used in the Co-Parenting Course offered by the Texas Center of Behavioral and Social Wellness (TCBSW). Designed for today’s diverse families, this guide speaks directly to everyone involved in raising a child—parents, co-parents, foster parents, kinship caregivers, guardians, mentors, and the wider “village” that shapes a child’s life.
Written by Dr. L.A. Stanton—a psychology expert, mother, grandmother, and 35-year healthcare veteran—this book offers a compassionate, realistic, and culturally aware approach to parenting across multiple households. Whether you are navigating separation, blended family dynamics, foster care involvement, or shared decision-making, this manual helps every caregiver understand their impact on the child’s emotional security.
With insight drawn from clinical knowledge, lived experience, and community-based practices, Shared Roots, Strong Branches provides tools that guide families toward healthier communication, reduced conflict, and stronger support systems—no matter what the household structure looks like.