How to be a Good Divorced Dad: Being the Best Parent You Can Be Before, During and After the Break-Up

Positive advice for divorced dads and their families

The country's leading authority on fathers' rights Jeffery M. Leving presents a definitive how-to resource for divorced dads of any age, background, and marriage history. Leving offers targeted guidance and suggests techniques for staying connected with children and dealing with ex-wives--and in some cases a new girlfriend or the wife's new boyfriend--during the divorce and afterwards. This upbeat book offers good news for divorced dads and counters many of the myths that paint divorcing fathers as alienated, irresponsible, or absent.

• Includes advice for overcoming limited access to children with cooperative responses and legal remedies if necessary
• Reveals how to avoid depression and feelings of guilt that can cause a divorced dad to give up and lose connection with his kids
• Offers ideas for responding to an ex-wife's remarriage, moving, unfounded accusations, and other common issues
• Contains guidance for engaging in new relationships and possibly remarriage

How to Be a Good Divorced Dad is practical and down-to-earth and offers dozens of real life examples of dads who have discovered the importance of staying involved in their children's lives.

Author: Jeffery M. Leving
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 04/24/2012
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781118114100

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/15/2013 pg. 66

About the Author

Jeffery M. Leving is the country's leading authority on fathers' rights and president emeritus of the Fatherhood Educational Institute. He has a weekly radio show in Chicago, a divorce magazine, and a website: www.dadsrights.com. He speaks frequently at lectures, trainings, and workshops for divorced dads around the country.