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The Single Dad's Survival Guide: How to Succeed as a One-Man Parenting Team (Paperback)

~ Michael A. Klumpp (Author)
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“This is the most informative and genuinely helpful guide for single fathers that I’ve read in my twenty-seven years of divorce recovery work. Mike Klumpp covers all the bases. His honest presentation will help any single dad navigate the wilderness of single parenting.”
–Jim Smoke, speaker, author of the best-seller Growing Through Divorce

The Single Dad’s Survival Guide is filled with flashes of brilliant practical insight born of learning the hard way. I’ll be recommending this book to the thousands of single fathers that I share with yearly.”
–Gary Richmond, pastor to single parents, First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, California, author of Successful Single Parenting

“My most frustrating cases in counseling are single fathers who suddenly have custody of their children. The Single Dad’s Survival Guide is a valuable tool to minister to this unique group of men. After reviewing this book I immediately sent it to a new single father of two children.”
–Dr. Jim A. Talley, www.drtalley.com, counselor, author of Reconcilable Differences and Too Close Too Soon

“For a single dad, it doesn’t have to be pretty–it just has to work. Mike Klumpp plunges in and stirs things up, offering honest, straightforward help. Bottom line: Read this book.”
–Bill Butterworth, speaker, author of When Life Doesn’t Turn Out Like You Planned and co-author of The Promise of the Second Wind

“Mike Klumpp challenges fathers with humor, support, and insight into the thankless job of single parenting. His humbling honesty provides the friendly groundwork for practical suggestions and clarifying questions. From Romans 8:37 to recipes, rebellious teens to respectful transitions, Mike claims his faith and fatherhood–inviting others to join him.”
–Tina Moody, MDiv, MA, LPC, theologian, and psychotherapist

“Single dads don’t experience Leave It to Beaver, they live in Apocalypse Now. Mike Klumpp is determined to honestly pass along his hard-won insights and skills to all fathers who really want to get better at fatherhood. I wish this book had been around when my kids were young.”
–Bob Bennett, songwriter and recording artist whose Songs from Bright Avenue album deals with divorce recovery  

“From the first page of The Single Dad’s Survival Guide, you enter the no-fluff zone of practical tools that will not only get you through today, but will provide a guide for many days to come. Feeling lonely, angry, in need of a twenty-seven-hour day? Mike Klumpp will help.”
–Reg Grant, professor at Dallas Theological Seminary, author of Storm, the Surprising Story of Martin Luther

“This is a warm and helpful resource for confused hearts. Alternately funny and heartbreaking, The Single Dad's Survival Guide is practical encouragement served up with a kick!”
–Len Woods, pastor, author of Praying God’s Promises in Tough Times

“Rooted in Mike’s pain and perseverance, this book is as straightforward and practical a guide as you’ll find on effective fatherhood. While the book targets single dads, I found it to be inspiring and instructive on fatherhood in general. It gave me renewed vision for being a ‘real man’ for my wife and children.”
–Mo Leverett, recording artist, founder and director of Desire Street Ministries in New Orleans

?This is the most informative and genuinely helpful guide for single fathers that I?ve read in my twenty-seven years of divorce recovery work. Mike Klumpp covers all the bases. His honest presentation will help any single dad navigate the wilderness of single parenting.?
?Jim Smoke, speaker, author of the best-seller Growing Through Divorce

?The Single Dad?s Survival Guide is filled with flashes of brilliant practical insight born of learning the hard way. I?ll be recommending this book to the thousands of single fathers that I share with yearly.?
?Gary Richmond, pastor to single parents, First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, California, author of Successful Single Parenting

?My most frustrating cases in counseling are single fathers who suddenly have custody of their children. The Single Dad?s Survival Guide is a valuable tool to minister to this unique group of men. After reviewing this book I immediately sent it to a new single father of two children.?
?Dr. Jim A.Mike Klumpp plunges in and stirs things up, offering honest, straightforward help. Bottom line: Read this book.?
?Bill Butterworth, speaker, author of When Life Doesn?t Turn Out Like You Planned and co-author of The Promise of the Second Wind

?Mike Klumpp challenges fathers with humor, support, and insight into the thankless job of single parenting. His humbling honesty provides the friendly groundwork for practical suggestions and clarifying questions. From Romans 8:37 to recipes, rebellious teens to respectful transitions, Mike claims his faith and fatherhood?inviting others to join him.?
?Tina Moody, MDiv, MA, LPC, theologian, and psychotherapist

?Single dads don?t experience Leave It to Beaver, they live in Apocalypse Now. Mike Klumpp is determined to honestly pass along his hard-won insights and skills to all fathers who really want to get better at fatherhood. I wish this book had been around when my kids were young.?
?Bob Bennett, songwriter and recording artist whose Songs from Bright Avenue album deals with divorce recovery  

?From the first page of The Single Dad?s Survival Guide, you enter the no-fluff zone of practical tools that will not only get you through today, but will provide a guide for many days to come. Feeling lonely, angry, in need of a twenty-seven-hour day? Mike Klumpp will help.?
?Reg Grant, professor at Dallas Theological Seminary, author of Storm, the Surprising Story of Martin Luther

?This is a warm and helpful resource for confused hearts. Alternately funny and heartbreaking, The Single Dad's Survival Guide is practical encouragement served up with a kick!?
?Len Woods, pastor, author of Praying God?s Promises in Tough Times

?Rooted in Mike?s pain and perseverance, this book is as straightforward and practical a guide as you?ll find on effective fatherhood. While the book targets single dads, I found it to be inspiring and instructive on fatherhood in general. It gave me renewed vision for being a ?real man? for my wife and children.?
?Mo Leverett, recording artist, founder and director of Desire Street Ministries in New Orleans -- Review

Product Description

You May Be Single, But You re Not Alone.

Being a great dad is challenging enough when you re part of a two-person team. But now you re raising your kids single-handedly. How can you provide the emotional, physical, and spiritual support your children need, cover all the details of running a household, and still earn a living to support your family? Being a solo dad could easily be the toughest job of your life.

The good news is you re not alone. Inside this book you ll find the support, advice, and encouragement you need to succeed. Here are practical solutions for everything you re facing from conflicting emotions to day-to-day time management. You ll find useful pointers on a daughter s unique needs, a son s inner struggles, and even how to recruit trusted friends to pitch in. With plenty of humor and real-world insight, The Single Dad s Survival Guide will show you how to expand on your natural, built-in abilities so you can come out on top as a parenting team of one.

Find logistical help on everyday challenges, including finances, family schedules, household management, and staying on top of your work.

Take advantage of practical guidance on everything
from supporting and nurturing your kids to protecting your own emotional health.

Learn how to get past anger, hurt, and fatigue to stand strong as the man
your children need most a man who provides security,
stability, and spiritual guidance during one of the toughest times in their life.

It s all here to help you succeed as a solo dad. Single parenting takes everything you ve got so learn how to give it your all.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: WaterBrook Press; 1 edition (October 21, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1578566703
  • ISBN-13: 978-1578566709
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #280,250 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A wealth of wisdom directly applicable to all parents, March 7, 2004
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
The Single Dad's Survival Guide by Mike Klumpp is a logical and "father friendly" guide emphasizing on how to deal with the practical as well as the emotional issues in the challenges and issues involved with being a single male parent today. From dealing with logistical problems like household management; to protecting one's own mental health while coping with strong-willed young ones; to resources one can contact when ones needs assistance; to overcoming anger, hurt, and fatigue in difficult times, and so much more, The Single Dad's Survival Guide is an absolute "must-read" which offers up a wealth of wisdom directly applicable to all parents regardless of gender or marital status -- for any spouse home alone for a week while the other is on a business trip will grapple with some of the parenting issues and problems discussed herein.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars OK - Good for encouragement, short on practical advice., December 9, 2004
By C. Komeshak (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews
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As a single father raising two children, I was looking for and expected a lot more specific and practical helpful advice. Its an easy read, but I estimate this book to be approximately 90% "encouragement".

I think this is a book the author would have liked to have available when in this same circumstance, but it may be better categorized for most people as a 'spiritualistic' guide than a plain survival guide. Author does a good job covering the need to take care of yourself while taking care of a family and to get help when needed.

I do NOT recommend it to men needing specific help with problems.

I DO recommend it to men looking for encouragement and fundamental Christian Bible passages to help you through problems.
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19 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Could have used a disclaimer, May 4, 2004
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I ordered this book and only upon receiving it did I realize that it was written from a Christian perspective. I think a disclaimer would have been useful: Warning - God-Based, or something like that. This guy, upon discovering his daughter has just had her period, goes out and buys her a rose and a card "containing a statement she could use as a budding woman in service to God."

Is that creepy, or is it just me?

Anyway, I think the book is completely hopeless.

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