Be a Great Divorced Dad

By Kenneth N. Condrell and Linda L. Small

Book Overview

Your marriage may have ended, but your fatherhood has not. How can you stay an involved, caring dad in the aftermath of divorce when all kinds of obstacles appear, making you insecure and uncertain of your parenting skills? With advice and insight from psychologist and family therapist Kenneth N. Condrell, and from some of the ever-growing number of other divorced dads, this practical, insightful handbook will help you: -avoid the ten most common divorced dad pitfalls -adjust to family life after the custody agreement -handle school, homework, and extracurricular activities -strategize celebrations and holidays -deal with a child who rejects you -move on to dating and other relationships Let divorce be an opportunity for tremendous growth-and great parenting.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312155492
• ISBN13: 9780312155490
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

helpful book

Despite the father bashing propaganda garbage that we hear and read about,single men can do very well in bringing up their children,if they have a good reference,like this book.

Both Practical and Comforting

The author takes a balanced and practical stance towards divorce and fatherhood. This book was recommended to me by a professional at my 5 year old son's school during my divorce. It was a painful time in my life, and the balanced and equitable tone of the book helped me to deal effectively with the divorce, and also to understand better what my ex-wife was going through. I appreciated how focused and tightly written the book was - while it was a quick read, it was quite rich in information. Once I finished reading the copy that was lent to me, I immediately purchased my own copy to use as a resource. If you are a father going through a divorce, I would certainly recommend this book.

A Must for the Divorced Dad's Library

I recently got this book to improve my relationship with my son who's four years old. I found the book to be easy to read with good and practical tips and information that I found invaluable. It had many things that I started using right away and they helped improve my relationship with my son from the beginning. The author is both a psychologist that councels divorced families along with a divorced dad himself. He offers both on-the-job learned perspectives from the counselor, dad, and child along with his own life experiences. Overall, I feel the book would be a great book to get if you would like to optimize your experiences as a divorced (or seperated) dad.