Be a Great Divorced Dad
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.49 (621 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0312155492 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2014-08-31 |
Language | : | English |
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“In addition to a good divorce lawyer, I recommend that all my clients, not just the dads, get this book.” Raoul L. Felder, Divorce Attorney“A wonderful, easy-to-read book with practical tips for divorced dadsinvaluable for parents who are divorcing or already divorced.” Josselyn Sanborn, New York State certified school counselor
Both Practical and Comforting Joseph Pellerin 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 th. "A Must for the Divorced Dad's Library" according to John Carr. 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 divor. Brian Whitaker said A solid but slightly negative look. This is a good overview of divorced dad parenting considerations, but it feels a little dated and negative. It seems to almost completely overlook co-parenting and mediation as concepts that lead to better outcomes. It mostly assumes a lasting adversarial posture.
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. Your marriage may have ended, but your fatherhood has not. 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 relationshipsLet divorce be an opportunity for tremendous growth-and great parenting.
He lives in New York State.. Kenneth N. Condrell, Ph.D., is a child psychologist and family counselor who has been counseling children and families for thirty years. He is the director of the Condrell Center for Change and has served as a consultant to Children's Hospital of Buffalo, New York, and Fisher-Price Toys