In Praise of Single Paren

I highly recommend this beautifully crafted book on single parenthood. The author has written a sophisticated, honest analyses of single parenthood. She incorporates material from her own fascinating life story, intriguing personal stories from other single parents, and intelligent psychosocial analysis as she discuesses the multiple facets of single parenthood. The writing is elegant, but very readable, warm, engaging and inspiring - it literally kept me up late at night for a full week. The book is not at all a typical self-help book (i.e., no list of "to do's" or one message fits all problems). But I found reading the book to be very helpful - deeply satisfying both my emotional needs and intellectual questions. The author makes clear both the sacrifices and unique fulfillments of single parenthood. Among other things, she covers how single parenthood happens (chance or choice); how not to be a victim; guilt and responsibility; transformation and forgiveness; self-care; co-parenting; finances; spirituality and existential issues; childcare and housing; discipline practices and appropriate boundaries; dating; custody issues; and communual support (friends, family, workplace). Really terrific read.

single parent : psychosocial aspect and adaptatio