
Nesting After Divorce
A kid-friendly approach to separation
Beth explores the many benefits of nesting for both children and parents: so children can avoid the stress and anxiety of traveling between two homes, and so parents can manage their kids’ living in the family home.
Book Summary
Nesting After Divorce: Co-Parenting in the Family Home by Beth Behrendt
All parents who divorce hope to cause as little emotional damage as possible to their children. In this book, Beth Behrendt offers an exciting, field-tested alternative to the traditional of divorce model.
Nesting After Divorce offers the first step-by-step plan for nesting to guide other divorcing parents smoothly through the process. This guide is based on her family’s eight-plus years of successful nesting, as well as first-hand accounts from other nesting families, and advice from therapists, attorneys/mediators, and financial advisers
She outlines the many benefits of nesting, when compared to the traditional two-home approach, including: consistency and less disruption for the children, easier and improved parenting for the adults, and significantly less costs for the family. She offers a detailed and thorough roadmap for finding the right nesting model for each family and advice on how to assemble a “team” to help achieve your goals.
All parents who divorce hope to cause as little emotional damage as possible to their children. In this book, Beth Behrendt offers an exciting, field-tested alternative to the traditional of divorce model.
Nesting After Divorce offers the first step-by-step plan for nesting to guide other divorcing parents smoothly through the process. This guide is based on her family’s eight-plus years of successful nesting, as well as first-hand accounts from other nesting families, and advice from therapists, attorneys/mediators, and financial advisers.
She outlines the many benefits of nesting, when compared to the traditional two-home approach, including: consistency and less disruption for the children, easier and improved parenting for the adults, and significantly less costs for the family. She offers a detailed and thorough roadmap for finding the right nesting model for each family and advice on how to assemble a “team” to help achieve your goals.

About The Author
Beth Behrendt
Freelance writer & divorced mother of three
Beth is a writer who has shared her expertise on nesting in popular publications like the New York Times and Psychology Today. She’s passionate about helping families like hers have positive nesting experiences, and even shared her family’s story on Good Morning America!
Beth loves to keep learning about nesting and has given interviews on the topic in many publications. She’s also been a guest on several podcasts and TV shows to talk about it.
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6 Things You’ll Learn From This Book
Use this step-by-step guide to make it easier for your children to transitions through the divorce.
- What nesting co-parenting is and why it lessens the trauma of divorce for children
- How nesting lessens the stress and financially burden for parents
- Determine how nesting can work for your family and learn from the experiences of other families
- A step-by-step guide on how to establishing nesting for your family
- Who should be on your nesting support team and how to help them help you
- How to communicate about divorce and nesting with your ex, your children, family, friends, and others
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Latest News & Media
Bird Nesting: The New Divorce Trend? - TDM Expert Interviews (EP.1) - Beth Behrendt
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‘Birdnesting’: why divorcing couples are taking turns to live in the family home — The Guardian.com
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Nesting Co-Parenting After Divorce—Noon.org
When Beth Behrendt and her husband divorced they never imagined the temporary parenting arrangement they came to for their s...
Our Successful Nesting Co-Parenting Arrangement Benefited From a Team of Professionals.
The Original Article was written by Beth Behrendt for The Divorce Magazine on July 21, 2023 Our successful...
My ex and I have co-parented in our family home with our 3 children for 9 years — I News
The original was published at Inews.co.uk on July 19, 2023 by Beth Behrendt When we divorced nine years ago, my ex...
The Benefits Of Birdnesting After Divorce —NPR.org
This Episode was originally published at NPR.org on September 7, 2023 It’s often the case...
A Coparenting Arrangement That Puts Kids First With Bill Desalvo—Divorce Dialogues
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Make Divorce Easier on Your Kids With Nesting —Beth Behrendt—WVOX Divorce Dialogues
Episode 202 This Podcast was originally published at Divorce Dialogues on June 18, 2023 Separated...
My Ex & I Have Lived in the Same House Since Our Divorce — Here’s How We Make ‘Nesting’ Work
by BETH BEHRENDT This Article was originally published at SheKnows.com on June 8, 2023 In case you aren’t...