I Do, Part 2

by Karen Buscemi

How to Survive Divorce,Co-Parent Your Kids,and Blend Your Families Without Losing Your Mind.How do you and your ex raise happy kids? You learn how to be one big happy family.When you share custody of children, divorce can be a short-term tension headache, or a lifelong migraine. If you don’t want to blow all your money on pills, the two of you need to get along.I Do, Part 2 is a funny, honest trounce through life post-divorce, helping people who produced a child together, then split, learn to navigate their complicated new lives.Filled with practical advice for making nice with your ex and co-parenting without killing each other, I Do, Part 2 will help former mates find common ground, determine their parenting roles (somebody has to be bad cop), seamlessly weave in a new wife or husband, and create the biggest cheering section at your kid’s soccer game.

158 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2010

About the author

Karen Buscemi lives in Rochester Hills with her husband, two sons, and one uncoordinated cat. She's a longtime writer and editor, painter and photographer.

She has authored the novels All That We Hide (Starryeyed Press), The Makeover (Starryeyed Press), Saturday Nights at the God Cafe (CreateSpace), and two nonfiction titles: Split In Two: Keeping It Together When Your Parents Live Apart (Orange Avenue Publishing/Zest Books); and I Do, Part 2: How to Survive Divorce, Co-Parent Your Kids, and Blend Your Families Without Losing Your Mind (Norlights Press).

She's also had articles published in Women’s Health, Self, The Huffington Post, Figure, Successful Living and The Detroit News. As a former magazine editor, Karen made many appearances on metro Detroit news shows to talk about fashion, and even gave a TEDx talk.