JoCoLibrary – Adult Nonfiction – Single Parents
Annotation:Provides practical ways to minimize the effects of separation and divorce on children, including how to best guide them through the transition, help them deal with having two homes, and what to do if a child is sad or depressed.
Place a Hold
Annotation:A Canadian documentary about four gay men who always wanted to be fathers and who are now fulfilling their dreams.
Annotation:Presents the adventures of Glick and his two children, traveling to exotic places after divorce and death turned their world upside down.
Annotation:Offers support to single mothers through an extended look at several single-mother families that highlights the positive qualities they share.
Annotation:Essays reflect life in homes with divorced parents, discussing issues such as emotional unavailability of parents, living with step-parents, and adapting to a new lifestyle after a divorce.
Annotation:Recounts the author's difficult decision to adopt a Chinese baby, her challenging experiences with caring for her new daughter's illness, and her struggles to raise a child alone in spite of career instability and the health problems of her own parents.
Annotation:Addresses questions and concerns of prospective single adoptive parents.
Annotation:Kohn recommends working with children rather than trying to control them, argues against practices that teach children that they must earn a parent's approval, and presents techniques that promote desired child qualities through unconditional support.
Annotation:Christian author Dr. Leman gives no-nonsense advice to single parents on how to raise happy kids who live up to their God-given potential.
Annotation:A recovering alcoholic, Lamott chronicles her son's growth, her fears and worries as a single parent, her deepening faith, and the support of her eccentric circle of friends
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Resources for single parents
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