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Every guide here was written by a parent who has walked this road, and by a counselor who has guided families toward college for 35 years. Practical, honest, and ready to use tonight.

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The Launch-Year Starter

Senior year across two households: the ground rules, the year at a glance, and the FAFSA rule most parents miss.

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10 Scripts for Hard Messages

What to send when your hands are shaking.

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Free
The Control Audit

A one-page worksheet for sorting what is yours to carry.

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Free
The Business-Channel Toolkit

Set up one calm, businesslike channel with your co-parent, and keep it that way.

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$15 to $35

Guides

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The college launch
The college launch
The Launch-Year Companion

$29 · Senior year through the first semester of college, month by month, across two households. Aid forms, the big days, move-in, and scripts for the hard moments.

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The college launch
The Co-Parent College Planner

$19 · Who pays, who visits, who decides, with a one-page agreement you both sign.

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The college launch
Paying for College Across Two Households

$25 · How aid forms treat divorced parents, what your decree may say, and how to talk money without a fight.

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Co-parenting
Co-parenting
Co-Parenting with a Narcissistic or High-Conflict Ex

$35 · Why it happens, how to hold the line, 20 BIFF scripts, a parallel-parenting plan, a documentation log, and the money rule.

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Co-parenting
When Your Child Is Made the Messenger

$19 · What to say when an angry ex’s words arrive through your child, including disguised requests and the child made to report on your home.

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Co-parenting
When It Goes to Court

$25 · Keeping your kids out of the middle, whoever filed: what to tell them, interviews, court days and after the ruling.

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Co-parenting
When Your Child Won’t Talk to You

$35 · A workbook for the estranged parent: keeping the door open, a message bank and texting schedule, exercises, meditations, journal pages, and grace for the long road.

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Divorcing
Divorcing
Telling Your Teen

$15 · Conversations about separation, moves, new partners and remarriage, timed around school.

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Blending
Blending
Introducing a New Partner to Your Teen

$15 · Six stages, from first mention to moving in, with scripts for everyone involved.

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Blending
For the Stepparent

$35 · A workbook on best practices, and on giving yourself grace while you do the hard work: your role, the quiet stepchild, triangulation, the long haul, self-care and journal pages.

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Blending
Their Big Days

$19 · The moments that matter: holidays, graduations, performances, award ceremonies, tournaments, and what to do when you’re not invited.

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Dating again
Dating again
Ready or Not? Dating Again While Raising a Teen

$15 · An honest self-check, what to tell your kids, and how to protect their season.

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The school years
The school years
Middle School Through Two Households

$15 · Schedules, school portals, conferences and phones, across two homes.

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The school years
The High School Transition

$15 · Grade 8 to 9 across two homes: try everything in ninth grade, then go deep, not long.

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The school years
Private and Boarding School Decisions as Co-Parents

$19 · Deciding together, the admissions timeline, paying for it, and giving your child a voice.

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The College Launch Collection

The Launch-Year Companion, the Co-Parent College Planner and Paying for College Across Two Households.

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$77
The High-Conflict Toolkit

Co-Parenting with a Narcissistic or High-Conflict Ex, When Your Child Is Made the Messenger, When It Goes to Court, and When Your Child Won’t Talk to You.

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$55
The Blending Collection

Introducing a New Partner, For the Stepparent, Their Big Days, and Ready or Not? Dating Again.

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About $39
The School Years Collection

Middle School Through Two Households, The High School Transition, and Private and Boarding School Decisions.

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