Topic: Proven parenting strategies for helping children thrive through divorce.
Issues: The hidden emotions behind the words and behaviors children use; developing flexible, responsive parenting plans that put the needs of the children first; how the parents’ relationship predicts how well the children will cope after the divorce;.
Topic: Raising resilient children while avoiding high conflict divorce.
Issues: Avoiding the three biggest problems in divorce: All-or-Nothing Thinking, Unmanaged Emotions, and Extreme Behaviors.
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“...sound advice, the kind that offers reassurance to fathers who need it and, if followed, should lead to better relationships among all single parents and their children.”
—Tampa Tribune
“Armin Brott steers divorced, separated, gay, widowed and never-married fathers through every aspect of fathering without a partner.”
—New Orleans Times Picayune
“An amazingly insightful, practical, and balanced guide to the uncharted world of the single father.”
—William Doherty, Ph.D., Professor of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, President, National Council on Family Relations
“Brott... offers the tools to help men become and remain actively involved parents.”
—Fresno Bee
“A toolbox for the single father, to help him cope with the trials and hazards, deal with the emotions, and wade through the legal mire.”
—New Jersey Suburban Parent
“Brott offers a solution for all problems big or small ... a handy guide for single fathers as they build their lives with their children.”
—Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel
FFL
“Armin Brott, who brought us his insightful fathering series, continues to encourage men and their families with wisdom and wit in Father for Life.”
—Parenting WithSuccess.com
“If you haven't read Father for Life, you are missing something. Brott does a sensational job describing the journey of a father. It's funny, informative, and additional stress relief...”
—Ken Swarner, Ph.D., author of Whose Kids Are These Anyway?
“An essential guide for every dad.”
—MSN
"Strikingly clear and easy to navigate... Armin’s effortless and honest conversational style of writing takes the reader through a large amount of incredibly valuable information with smooth sailing."
—Blogger
"I bought this book a few years ago and find myself going back and reading it every 6 months or so. Inspires me to try and be a better dad."
—Daddio, blogger
THR
“They give suggestions for involving fathers more deeply in parenting, for getting women to engage their husbands in this process and for enlightening government and private businesses...”
—New York Times
“At last, a book that separates myth from reality when it comes to fathers' importance in their children's development”
—East Bay Books
“While other titles offer instruction to the individual father or decry Dad's lack of involvement, this one is unique in both defending fathers and at the same time showing how they can be helped to do an even better job.”
—Library Journal
“An interesting and valuable book... Americans' approach to parenting has been too mother-centered.”
—Betty Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique, and Founder of the National Organization for Women
“A wide ranging, cool-headed response to the current predilection for dissing all the dads... An important step in illuminating many of the issues--ignorance, false assumptions and power struggles--that hold men back from full participation in raising their children.”
—Kirkus