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Explore the real-life triumphs and tragedies of single-parent
mothers Unbroken Homes is a "story quilt" of personal narratives
constructed from in-depth, case study interviews of five
single-parent mothers. The book chronicles their journeys as
mothers, daughters, and women, in relationships and in solitude,
displaying their stories in their own words like the squares of a
multicolored quilt. Unbroken Homes breaks through the stigma
associated with "broken homes" and provides a new perspective on
the reorganization of American families.Unbroken Homes encourages
you to rethink some damaging stereotypical assumptions about
children from single-mother headed homes. Drawing information from
family research, counseling, and a cross-section of social
sciences, this book is pertinent to any professional who works with
single parents or their children. Unbroken Homes does not deal with
what is "typical" in the single-parenting experience, nor does it
give advice or proselytize. Rather, its purpose is to discover the
meaning that single-parent mothers bring to their own lives,
helping you to understand the dynamics of single-parent families
from a uniquely personal perspective.In Unbroken Homes you will
witness the ways that these women: experience the ill effects of
gender role socialization work to overcome stigma redefine ideals
for family life and gender expectations balance responsibilities in
and outside of their homes stretch finances to meet the needs of
their families regain strength and self-confidence encourage their
children's development affirm the strength of their families cope
with depression develop networks of supportThis intensely personal
collection of women's stories and reflections is a must read for
everyone who seeks a better understanding of divorce,
single-parenting, and being alone, from an insider's perspective.
Explore the real-life triumphs and tragedies of single-parent
mothers!Unbroken Homes is a "story quilt" of personal narratives
constructed from in-depth, case study interviews of five
single-parent mothers. The book chronicles their journeys as
mothers, daughters, and women, in relationships and in solitude,
displaying their stories in their own words like the squares of a
multicolored quilt. Unbroken Homes breaks through the stigma
associated with "broken homes" and provides a new perspective on
the reorganization of American families.Unbroken Homes encourages
you to rethink some damaging stereotypical assumptions about
children from single-mother headed homes. Drawing information from
family research, counseling, and a cross-section of social
sciences, this book is pertinent to any professional who works with
single parents or their children. Unbroken Homes does not deal with
what is "typical" in the single-parenting experience, nor does it
give advice or proselytize. Rather, its purpose is to discover the
meaning that single-parent mothers bring to their own lives,
helping you to understand the dynamics of single-parent families
from a uniquely personal perspective.In Unbroken Homes you will
witness the ways that these women: experience the ill effects of
gender role socialization work to overcome stigma redefine ideals
for family life and gender expectations balance responsibilities in
and outside of their homes stretch finances to meet the needs of
their families regain strength and self-confidence encourage their
children's development affirm the strength of their families cope
with depression develop networks of support This intensely personal
collection of women's stories and reflections is a must read for
everyone who seeks a better understanding of divorce,
single-parenting, and being alone, from an insider's perspective.
Diaries of a Forgotten Parent: Divorced Dads on Fathering Through
and Beyond Divorce opens an intimate window on the lives of
divorced men. Literature on divorce focuses primarily on its
effects on women and children, but fair and personal accounts of
the lived experiences of custodial and non-custodial fathers are
less available. In this highly accessible text, ten American men
share intensely personal reflections of guilt, pain, frustration,
sacrifice, loneliness and pride. The men do not see themselves as
exemplary; rather, their stories are graphically honest, revealing
what Paterson calls ordinary men "with all their warts." The author
reviews significant works on the male experience of divorce from
psychological, legal, educational and sociological experts,
interspersing commentary and research with the men's own voices.
From the initial discussion of why men marry and why they divorce
through the men's painful memories of being pushed out of their
children's lives by angry and resentful mothers, the author
illuminates the legal, fiscal, emotional and practical experiences
of men struggling to reinvent their fathering while they find
themselves reconfigured into deserters, deadbeats and visitors. The
societal myth that fathers are less valuable parents than mothers
is thoroughly deconstructed in this text. The book will help
divorced and divorcing men and those who work with them to fully
understand the experiences of fathers who never stopped loving and
caring for their children, in spite of the fact that the
contributions of fathers are still largely discounted by schools,
courts, and worst of all, by their children's mothers. From this
book, readers will understand that there are just too many reasons
why fathers must never be forgotten in the lives of their children.
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