Sex and the Single Parent [Paperback]

Meg F. Schneider (Author), Martine J. Myer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 5, 2002

Targeting a rarely acknowledged, but increasing, audience, this book gives single parents advice for re-entering the dating game after years of not playing. Featuring insightful perspectives on real-life scenarios, this invaluable book addresses the crises and nagging doubts facing a single parent about such issues as:

€ How much should the children know? And when?
€ Coping with newfound fears and newfound desires
€ Meeting new people-safely
€ Balancing the parent's needs vs. the child's fears and concerns
€ Entering the dating game at the same time as your teenager
€ Becoming a romantic partner under the scrutiny of the kids
€ Living together or remarriage?

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Schneider and Byer, both prolific authors with M.S.W.s and experience working with families, here offer solid guidelines on dating for single parents and widows/widowers. Parents, they believe, deserve and need a love life, but at the same time they must protect children from further loss and confusion. The authors treat the whole spectrum of dating, from casual dates through serious relationships and remarriage. They openly confront problems (e.g., hostile teenagers, power plays by children to try to derail a parent's relationship, and the need to find time for passion), offering realistic and varied solutions, and in separate chapters deal with dating after the death of a spouse and after children have left home. Although divorce and parenting books generally provide some coverage of romance, this is the only extended treatment of the topic-one certainly on the minds of many parents today. Recommended for all public libraries.
Kay Brodie, Chesapeake Coll., Wye Mills, MD
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Meg F. Schneider, M.A., M.S.W., is the author of Difficult Questions Kids Ask (and Are Too Afraid to Ask) About Divorce, The Twenty-Five Best Parenting Techniques Ever, The Rules for Teens and others. She has written for Redbook, Parent, Parenting, Working Mother, and Family Circle among others. She is the divorced parent of two boys.

Martine J. Byer, M.S.W., is a licensed psychotherapist who has worked in private practice and as a sexuality counselor for teens. She has appeared in such magazines as Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, and Redbook, and on many TV shows, as an expert on teen problems, couples therapy, health, and sex.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Perigee Trade; 1 edition (November 5, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399528202
• ISBN-13: 978-0399528200
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,903,910 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's okay to want a grown up life too!, May 4, 2003

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Jim Abbout (Baltimore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sex and the Single Parent (Paperback)

I am a devoted parent. I do everything for my kids and put them first. I know that it has to be that way because they're young and I'm the one they have to look to and rely on. But my own loneliness has just made me sink and feel so low. This book helped me understand that my kids can't meet and make up for my adult needs for understanding and companionship. That's a whole different world. I feel relieved hearing other single parent's stories about putting your kids ahead of you but still having to have a world of friends including male friends. I have begun slowly to date. Some of the stories in the book are a hoot and I have had a few corkers. I felt supported by the sharing in this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No one said it was easy, March 11, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Sex and the Single Parent (Paperback)

You know, no one said it would be easy but when you have kids, no matter what happens, you have to find a way to stand up and stand by them. The stories in 'Sex and the Single Parent' helped me find some strength and some humor in getting my son past his youth in one healthy piece. I'm trying anyway. Thanks.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helping my friends, March 11, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Sex and the Single Parent (Paperback)

I have so many friends who are single parents and it is truly upsetting to see how they are out finding a social life when their kids need them. I got this book recommended to me and have been buying copies for my friends. The advice is helpful in that it balances grown up needs with kid's needs. There has to be a way for people to be less neglectful and still have a life. This book points you in the right direction.