How to be a Good Divorced Dad: Being the Best Parent You Can Be Before, During and After the Break-Up

Description

Positive advice for divorced dads and their families

The country s leading authority on fathers rights Jeffery M. Leving presents a definitive how-to resource for divorced dads of any age, background, and marriage history. Leving offers targeted guidance and suggests techniques for staying connected with children and dealing with ex-wives—and in some cases a new girlfriend or the wife s new boyfriend—during the divorce and afterwards. This upbeat book offers good news for divorced dads and counters many of the myths that paint divorcing fathers as alienated, irresponsible, or absent.

• Includes advice for overcoming limited access to children with cooperative responses and legal remedies if necessary
• Reveals how to avoid depression and feelings of guilt that can cause a divorced dad to give up and lose connection with his kids
• Offers ideas for responding to an ex-wife s remarriage, moving, unfounded accusations, and other common issues
• Contains guidance for engaging in new relationships and possibly remarriage

How to Be a Good Divorced Dad is practical and down-to-earth and offers dozens of real life examples of dads who have discovered the importance of staying involved in their children s lives.