Going It Alone: Meeting the Challenges of Being a Single Mom [Paperback]

Michele Howe (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Michele Howe has given wise counsel to any single parent, and for that matter, any parent. You'll find in this honest book practical ideas, identification with your struggle, and encouraging words. After reading it, you'll have hope! You can make it, and Michele tells you how."
—Kathy Collard Miller, Author and Editor -- Review

Michele Howe has given wise counsel to any single parent, and for that matter, any parent. You'll find in this honest book practical ideas, identification with your struggle, and encouraging words. After reading it, you'll have hope! You can make it, and Michele tells you how.

Kathy Collard Miller, Author and Editor -- Book endorsement

Product Description

When the reality of separation, divorce, or widowhood sinks in, encountering life as a single mother can be an overwhelming experience. Share in the stories of other single moms who have faced past hurts, dealt with present fears, and built a future of promise, while they contended with life's everyday pressures. Through the pages of this practical book, Michele Howe offers sensitive, compassionate advice for women who are confronting the challenge of being a single mom. Be encouraged; with God's help, hope and healing are not only possible, but promised.

Topics include:• Helping children cope• Strengthening family identity• Raising a masculine son in a house of females• Caring for children with special needs• Creating balance in every area of life, despite burdensome and exhausting situations• Returning to the workforce

Bonus feature: "Funstarts"
201 Ideas for Enriching Family Fun
Create special family times by trying some of these free and low-cost creative activity ideas. Great for all ages!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers (September 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565634527
• ISBN-13: 978-1565634527
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #985,932 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Going It Alone: Meeting the Challenges of Being a Single Mom, July 14, 2000

By	Ann Kroeker (Carmel, IN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Going It Alone: Meeting the Challenges of Being a Single Mom (Paperback)

Michele Howe has drawn from the insight of single moms dealing firsthand with a broad range of issues to create _Going It Alone_. In her warm, understanding tone, Howe has given readers an excellent resource packaged in a quick read. She offers hope and vision for building confidence in one's single parenting situation, tackling such sensitive issues as sex education and blending families as well as finding personal fulfillment. Readers will appreciate the plentiful resources found in each chapter and in the appendix. After reading _Going It Alone_, you'll feel you're NOT alone at all: The single moms profiled in the book as well as Michele Howe herself will seem to be friends and fellow travelers along this tough road. An excellent book for any mom facing single parenting!

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, February 21, 2006

By	A. K. Oakley - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Going It Alone: Meeting the Challenges of Being a Single Mom (Paperback)

You know, I was disappointed in this book. I read the reviews and thought it was going to be great, but it wasn't. This book is geared towards women who are older and have been married a long time, mostly stay-at-home-moms, who found themselves, all of a sudden, divorced and forced to go out and work. I recommend it for those women; not for younger, single moms. Young single moms who are already working full time jobs & raising children know the stuff in this book already.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical hope, September 15, 2000

By	donnie meyers (Temperance, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Going It Alone: Meeting the Challenges of Being a Single Mom (Paperback)

This book provides single moms with upbeat, hopeful, and simple ideas to help better parent their children through times of crisis as well at the ups and downs of everyday life. Although it's targeted at the single mother, married moms and dads will find sound biblical advice from the beginning to end. Going It Alone helps single moms realize they're not alone at all!