Be a Great Divorced Dad

by Condrell, Kenneth N.; Small, Linda Lee

• ISBN13: 9780312155490
• ISBN10: 0312155492
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-11-15
• Publisher: Griffin

Summary

Your marriage may have ended, but your fatherhood has not. How can you stay an involved, caring dad in the aftermath of divorce when all kinds of obstacles appear, making you insecure and uncertain of your parenting skills? With advice and insight from psychologist and family therapist Kenneth N. Condrell, and from some of the ever-growing number of other divorced dads, this practical, insightful handbook will help you: avoid the ten most common divorced dad pitfalls adjust to family life after the custody agreement handle school, homework, and extracurricular activities strategize celebrations and holidays deal with a child who rejects you move on to dating and other relationships Let divorce be an opportunity for tremendous growth-and great parenting.

Author Biography

Kenneth N. Condrell, Ph.D., is a child psychologist and family counselor who has been counseling children and families for thirty years. He is the director of the Condrell Center for Change and has served as a consultant to Children's Hospital of Buffalo, New York, and Fisher-Price Toys. He lives in New York State.

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"In addition to a good divorce lawyer, I recommend that all my clients, not just the dads, get this book." --Raoul L. Felder, Divorce Attorney

"A wonderful, easy-to-read book with practical tips for divorced dads...invaluable for parents who are divorcing or already divorced." --Josselyn Sanborn, New York State certified school counselor