The book series
Co-parenting books for two homes.
The Steady Week is a book series for separated and divorced parents. A calm, predictable week is the strongest thing you can give a child across two homes, and that idea, the one the dip app is built on, is now a book for every stage of childhood, plus one for you and one for grandparents.
By Remy Anker · edited by Dr. Pauline Sam · Pebbles & Rocks
Parenting books written for two homes, not one.
Most parenting books assume one household. Co-parents need something else: how to keep a child steady when their week is split between two homes, two routines and two front doors. The Steady Week is written for exactly that.
It is grounded in the Pauline Sam Method, ten years of clinical work with separated families, and its first principle is simple: predictability over flexibility. A child who knows where they will be on Tuesday is a child whose nervous system stays settled. Each book turns that into practical, age-specific steps you can use this week, in your own home, whatever the other home does.
One book for every stage.
Pick the edition that matches your child's age, or start with the one for you. Each links straight to Amazon.
Ages 0 to 2
Co-Parenting Your Child Across Both Homes
Sleep, feeding and handovers for the youngest children, kept steady and predictable across both homes.
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Ages 3 to 5
Co-Parenting Your Child Across Both Homes
Big feelings in small bodies. A calm, predictable week for preschoolers living in two homes.
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Ages 6 to 9
Co-Parenting Your Child Across Both Homes
School, friendships and the everyday logistics, held the same way in both homes.
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Ages 10 to 13
Co-Parenting Your Child Across Both Homes
More independence and more to coordinate. A steady week for the in-between years.
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Ages 14 to 18
Co-Parenting Your Child Across Both Homes
Trust, freedom and the teenage years, with both homes pulling the same way.
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Caring for Yourself While Co-Parenting
The one for the parent. Looking after yourself, so you can keep the week steady for everyone else.
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For Grandparents
Supporting Your Grandchild Across Both Homes
How grandparents can be a steady presence for a grandchild in two homes, without taking sides.
View on AmazonQuestions about the series.
- What is The Steady Week book series?
- The Steady Week is a series of co-parenting books for parents raising a child across two homes. Each book is built on one idea: a calm, predictable week is the strongest thing you can give a child after a separation. There is an edition for every stage of childhood, plus one for you and one for grandparents.
- Who are the books for?
- They are written for separated and divorced parents, co-parents and step-parents, and the grandparents who help. Whatever the arrangement, the books focus on what you can steady in your own home and between both homes.
- Which book should I choose?
- Pick the edition that matches your child’s age, from Ages 0 to 2 up to Ages 14 to 18. If you would rather start with your own footing, begin with the For You edition. Grandparents have their own edition too.
- Who wrote The Steady Week?
- The series is written by Remy Anker and edited by Dr. Pauline Sam, a medical doctor and psychiatrist whose method also underpins the free dip app. The books are published by Pebbles & Rocks.
- Where can I buy the books?
- Every edition is available on Amazon. Use the links on this page to go straight to each book, or browse the whole series from the author page.
- Do I need the dip app to read the books?
- No. Each book stands on its own. The free dip app simply keeps the steady week the books describe in place for both homes, day to day, with a shared calendar, expenses and calm messaging.
The book explains it. The app keeps it.
The series and the app share one foundation. The books give you the thinking; the free dip app holds the steady week in place for both homes, day to day. Free for both parents.
More free reading: the knowledge library for separated families, the co-parenting blog, and a free parenting plan tool.