The Divorced Dad's Survival Book: How to Stay Connected with Your Kids shows how to navigate the process of getting a divorce so as to minimize the negative impact on one's children. The goal of the book is to show how fathers can use the divorce to improve their relationship with their kids. David Knox, a divorced father of two, presents a book designed to show fathers how to replace the fear of losing their children with insightful knowledge of what the children may be experiencing during the divorce and offers specific suggestions on maintaining and improving relations with them. The father-child relationship cannot only survive but also triumph over divorce through conscious and deliberate planning and execution.
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In the next century, 50 million American children will go to sleep without being able to say good night to their fathers. The Divorced Dad's Survival Book offers both hope and help for noncustodial fathers who want to stay connected with their children before, during, and after divorce. David Knox, a psychologist and father, is passionate in his premise that dads are not replaceable. But don't expect tips on ex-spouse bashing. Instead, the author's purpose is to minimize conflict with the ex-spouse and "to encourage fathers to continue being fathers and to emphasize that this goal is always worth pursuing no matter what legal or personal obstacles alienation from their spouse may bring."
Knox offers fathers a hefty how-to list: understanding a child's perspective on divorce, creating an optimistic view of divorced fathering, mediating differences with a former spouse, answering the tough questions kids ask, and coping when you fall in love with a new partner and your children don't. These challenges are explored with insightful self-assessments and practical descriptions of what to do--and not do--when your kids are with you and when they are with their mother. One chapter, written by the author's partner, offers a fresh view of being a divorced dad's valentine.
This supportive and strategic advice is weakened by Knox's stereotyped description of how fathering differs from mothering--one that is bound to ruffle even nonfeminist feathers. Yet the book succeeds in creating a model of loving, equal parenting that can triumph over the trials of divorce. --Barbara Mackoff
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A marriage and family therapist and Professor of Sociology at East Carolina University, Dr. David Knox is also the author or co-author of ten books including Choices in Relationships and How to Be Your Own Family Therapist. He lives with his second wife and stepdaughter in North Carolina.
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New approach to a sensitive issue!,
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This review is from: The Divorced Dad's Survival Book (Hardcover)
The possibility of divorce is always on the minds of married couples as well as the state of the relationship between the parents and children. Knox discusses the before, during, and after of the divorce process and how it especially affects the father-child relationship. Can a father do too much? not enough? what if the mother is uncooperative? Knox does a splendid job on this book filled with solid information for the straight or gay dad, the children, and the new partner.
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This book is a MUST READ for any father considering, or going through, a divorce. It is honest, practical, and PACKED with helpful suggestions for the process.
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This is a must-read for any father enduring the divorce process. Find the time to read it for yourself...and your children. There will be portions that you do not like, but there are others that you need to know. It will prevent many mistakes as you enter the family court circus.
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Robert Bly, an important figure in the fathers' rights movement, describes the experience of a 35-year-old man whose parents had divorced years earlier: [H]e began to wonder who his father really was. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wanting joint custody, one divorced father, other divorced fathers, own cognitive therapist, partner spending time, divorced dad, many divorced fathers, gay dads, gay fathers, alternate holidays, heterosexual fathers, custody evaluator, mediation center, circle the appropriate number, higher your score, divorce mediation, lowest possible score, intermediate score, former spouse, number circled, noncustodial fathers, joint legal custody, joint physical custody, time your children, primary custody Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, David Popenoe, David Blankenhorn, North Carolina, Census Bureau, Fatherless America, Ken Lewis, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, Father's Day, Grand Junction, Journal of Homosexuality, Robert Sammons, Family Coordinator, Free Press, Life Without Father, National Council, Robert Bly, Table One, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Adequate Fathering, Basic Books, Bill Cosby New!
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Robert Bly, an important figure in the fathers' rights movement, describes the experience of a 35-year-old man whose parents had divorced years earlier: [H]e began to wonder who his father really was. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wanting joint custody, one divorced father, other divorced fathers, own cognitive therapist, partner spending time, divorced dad, many divorced fathers, gay dads, gay fathers, alternate holidays, heterosexual fathers, custody evaluator, mediation center, circle the appropriate number, higher your score, divorce mediation, lowest possible score, intermediate score, former spouse, number circled, noncustodial fathers, joint legal custody, joint physical custody, time your children, primary custody Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, David Popenoe, David Blankenhorn, North Carolina, Census Bureau, Fatherless America, Ken Lewis, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, Father's Day, Grand Junction, Journal of Homosexuality, Robert Sammons, Family Coordinator, Free Press, Life Without Father, National Council, Robert Bly, Table One, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Adequate Fathering, Basic Books, Bill Cosby New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Life Without Father by David Popenoe on page 229, page 231, and page 236
- The Survival Book by Paul H Nesbitt in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Surviving The Breakup: How Children And Parents Cope With Divorce by Judith S. Wallerstein on page 231, and page 232
- Divorce Mediation: How to Cut the Cost and Stress of Divorce by Diane Neumann on page 105, and page 233
- The Handbook of Divorce Mediation by L. Marlow on page 105, and page 233
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- Live-away Dads: Staying a Part of Your Children's Lives When They Aren't a Part of Your Home by William C. Klatte in Front Matter, and Back Cover
- Stepcoupling: Creating and Sustaining a Strong Marriage in Today's Blended Family by Susan Wisdom in Back Matter
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