"Solo Parenting Success: Thriving as a Single Parent" is an empowering guide for single parents navigating the joys and challenges of raising children on their own. From building a strong support network to managing finances, fostering healthy relationships, and prioritizing self-care, this comprehensive book offers practical advice, heartfelt insights, and actionable strategies to help single parents thrive.

Being a parent is challenging enough. Being a single parent can seem downright impossible—until now. Drawing on material from his successful Single Parenting That Works curriculum guide and video series, America's favorite parenting expert, Dr. Kevin Leman, brings help and hope to the legions of single parents struggling to raise happy, healthy, well-adjusted children in a loving, caring and biblically grounded way. Using his trademark quirky, no-nonsense approach, Dr. Leman shows parents how to build healthy, mature relationships with their former spouses, how to develop their children's self-esteem, and how to discipline and relate to their kids in accordance with their unique God-given personalities. Features: Building stability for your children by getting your own life in order. How forgiveness opens the door to healthy relationships Learning to deal with your “ex” with an olive branch rather than a hammer Dating and remarriage Helping your child thrive in a single parent home

Statistics suggest that millions of families across the nation are guided by single mothers, either unmarried or divorced. Unfortunately, many single parents often give up on their children as well as themselves. The good news is that single parents who utilize proven best practices can raise their children to be self-sufficient and successful members of society. In a guide to healthy parenting, Dr. Sugargal relies on decades of counseling children, parents, and youth professionals, biblical principles, and interactions with single mothers to share her personal experiences as a single parent, other scenarios that include her professional observations, and time-tested wisdom that leads both single mothers and fathers down an introspective path to reflect on their decisions, revisit the past to unearth their perspectives and beliefs, learn how to talk to their children about difficult topics, help their children navigate through the cycle of change, gain healthy respect from their children, and much more. Included is space for parents to document written reflections. The Joy of Single Parenting is a self-help manual that offers stories, scenarios, and wisdom to remind parents that there is always room to improve while raising beautiful, happy children.

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Embark on a Quest for Healing and Empowerment Through the Eyes of a Devoted Father In the heart-wrenching yet inspiring tale of "I Am Dad: Navigating Divorce, Defying Narcissism, and Fighting for My Children," readers are invited on a soul-stirring journey through the tempestuous seas of divorce, the sinister shadows of narcissism, and the unyielding battle for a father's greatest treasures--his children. This book is a beacon of hope for anyone navigating the tumultuous aftermath of a relationship marred by manipulation and control, offering a roadmap to personal liberation and unconditional love. The narrative unfolds with an honest and poignant Introduction: The Storm Before Calm, setting the stage for a deep dive into the emotional whirlwind that ensues when the dark clouds of an impending divorce gather. Through the eyes of a father determined to shield his offspring from harm, readers are taken on an emotional rollercoaster, from the pangs of lost love in Chapter 1: The Echoes of Love Lost, through the harrowing trenches of Chapter 2: In the Throes of Legal Warfare, and into the heart of darkness in Chapter 4: The Narcissist's Web. Yet, like the first rays of dawn after a long night, "I Am Dad" is imbued with hopeful insights and practical advice on reclaiming one's identity, healing from psychological wounds, and embracing the role of a solo parent. From the strategies in Chapter 10: Co-Parenting with a Narcissist to the empowering tales of resilience in Chapter 13: Solo Parenting Strengths, this book doesn't just chronicle a journey--it guides readers through their own. In the face of adversity, A Father's Love: Unyielding and Eternal emerges as the ultimate message of "I Am Dad." This story transcends the pages of a personal account, evolving into a universal call to action for parents everywhere to rise above their circumstances, armed with love, wisdom, and an indomitable spirit. The journey towards healing, rediscovery, and boundless love awaits. Whether you're a survivor of a narcissistic relationship, navigating the rough waters of a divorce, or seeking solace and strength in the aftermath, "I Am Dad" is your compass in the storm, guiding you home to a place of inner peace, resilience, and unwavering love for your children.

You are also growing and changing throughout this process. You will realize it, your kids will know and see it, as will others. This is another change you and everyone around you have to deal with as well, on top of everything else. You might also feel anxious, lonely, and angry or evoke these emotions in your child/family.Again this is quite normal and natural behavior. 'Seeing things from the child's point of view This is not only all about you either. Try and see things thought the eyes of your child sometime and whole new worlds of understanding and possibilities will open for you. 'A new path and survival plan for single parents - rewards and challengesWe have spoken a lot in theory about what happens to you when faced with these situations.Now we get to the more practical WHAT DO I DO NOW, NEXT, IN MY CASE TYPE OF QUESTIONS? 'SETTLING IN AS INDIVIDUALS AND A NEW FAMILY UNIT