Dating for Dads: The Single Father's Guide to Dating Well Without Parenting Poorly
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (966 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0553384864 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 236 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Drawing on her own experience as a single parent, interviews and surveys she conducted with more than a hundred single fathers and their children, and the advice of family therapist Dr. But are your kids ready? In this much-needed guide, relationship expert Ellie Slott Fisher comes to the rescue with no-nonsense, no-judgments advice on everything from how to ask a woman out to navigating the potential minefield of overnight dates. Paul Halpern, Fisher gives the lowdown on a range of tricky topics, including:•When do I introduce my kids to the woman I’m dating?•What if they don’t like her?•Is it acceptable to date someone closer to my child’s age than my own? •Are sleepovers okay when my kids—or her kids—are home?•How do I give my children the reassurance they need while pursuing a social life of my own? Plus, how to avoid one of the biggest dating pitfalls: mistaking lust for love. Here is the first book written specifically for men who date while answering to a higher authority: their children.As a single father, you’re ready to begin dating again. From dealing with your ex-spouse to protecting your children’s inheritance, and many issues in-between, Fisher gives single fathers the tools they need to be both sexy suitors and devoted
Ellie Slott Fisher is the author of the critically acclaimed Mom, There’s a Man in the Kitchen and He’s Wearing Your Robe. A veteran journalist, Fisher has written for numerous magazines as well as the anthology Single Woman of a Certain Age. Pauk Halpern is a psychologist who counsels children, adolescents, and their familie
Not a helpful book Jason S Though there are a few helpful tidbits in here, part of the problem is that it reads like a wish-list for women, and uses many cognitive traps (such as many "should" statements) which elicit guilt and shame in a man, which is simply not helpful. I think a book written by a confident, assertive man would be more helpful - one that focuses on finding a woman that actually wants to be a partner with her boyfriend in parenting his kids versus one that just trying to get over her sense of entitleme. Charming and instructive! Ellie Slott Fisher has written a guide for single dads - something we've needed for a long time! - and managed to make it humane, funny, whip-smart and totally useful. A great new addition to the dating genre. Brava Ellie!. Author was lazy and didn't do any research When I first saw this book online, I was excited that there was finally a book for men about how to balance dating and raising kids. Now, I will admit that my situation is somewhat unusual as a single gay dad, but I found this book to have little useful information. Almost everything in it was quite obvious.Moreover, the book was not well researched. The author kept quoting this one (psychologist?) over and over. It almost felt like she had a cultist reverence for this one "expert." I would ha
. The authors explain how to balance time between kids and a love interest, when to introduce them and how to handle the fallout if things don't go well. All rights reserved. (Jan. From Publishers Weekly Raising children can make it difficult for single fathers to get back into the dating scene. With sympathy and good sense, journalist Fisher (Mom, There's a Man in the Kitchen and He's Wearing Your Robe) and psychologist Halpern remind men that children are impressionable and easily confused, so proper etiquette is vital. 29)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc