Raising Great Kids on Your Own: A Guide and Companion for Every Single Parent , by Dr. David and Lisa Frisbie
The target audience of this book is single mom and dad. Since One–parent households frame the new landscape of American family life, how to raise kids in these families becomes an issue.
In this book, Divid and Lisa Frisbie provide a practical and proactive plan single moms or single dads can use to nourish their own souls, nurture their children, manage their households build a future they can enjoy.
In the first part of the book, the authors teach the audience how to care about themselves. According to the authors, parents have responsibility to create a healthy environment for kids, including healthy community and healthy parents. Thus, parents should focus on their own support system, their networks and their diet and lifestyle.
In the second part, the authors provide some techniques on how to communicate with kids and on how to read kids. In this part, several stories are told from single mom and dads.
In the third part, the authors focus more on one-parent family’s future such as what they can do to make life better. The third part covers many issues single parents may face in real life and give many suggestions. How to start working after being a housewife for a long time, how to make budget. What’s more, the authors discuss whether to remain single or look for a new relationship.
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