Name: Surviving and Thriving on the Single-Parent Journey By Kathlene Seney-Williams
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Surviving and Thriving on the Single-Parent Journey: A Step-by-Step Approach by Kathlene Seney-Williams

This is a book that comes alongside the reader as a travel guide and walks through the journey via a step-by-step approach. Walking the Single Parent Journey offers the reader a chance for self-discovery, of coming to terms with the pains and effects of the past in order to boldly face the challenges that lie ahead. The book discusses the everyday struggles and issues that single parents face, whilst offering advice and tips on managing and dealing with them successfully. The author encourages the reader to create systems and put strategies in place to help make life easier, drawing on her own experiences.

About Kathlene Seney-Williams

Kat Seney-Williams is the Single Parent Support Coordinator at Care for the Family and a popular speaker on single-parent issues. She recently remarried after being a single parent for nearly nine years and lives with her husband in Wales. She is mother to two grown-up children and became a grandparent last year.

CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 10
FOREWORD 12
PART 1 The beginning of the journey
Chapter 1 Entry points 16
Chapter 2 Overwhelming emotions 24
Chapter 3 Loss 32
Chapter 4 Grief 43
Chapter 5 Emotional aftershocks 51
PART 2 The parenting highway: raising our children
Chapter 1 Is it because I'm a single parent? 66
Chapter 2 Parenting styles 72
Chapter 3 Boundaries 75
Chapter 4 Fill up your child's emotional tank 79
Chapter 5 Helping our children through separation,
divorce, and bereavement 87
Chapter 6 Parenting a child of the opposite sex 96
Chapter 7 Role reversal 105
Chapter 8 Lighten up and have some fun 110
PART 3 When the road splits: sharing the parenting
Chapter 1 Custody and contact 114
Chapter 2 Communicate! 123
Chapter 3 A united parenting style 130
Chapter 4 Parental alienation 135
Chapter 5 Non-resident parenting 142
PART 4 The climb uphill: getting equipped for the journey
Chapter 1 Friendship and support 150
Chapter 2 Forgiveness 158
Chapter 3 Money, money, money 162
Chapter 4 Know your limits - stress and well-being 166
Chapter 5 Finding yourself and moving towards the
future 177
Chapter 6 The dating scene 186
Chapter 7 You are more important than you know 193
APPENDIX Further information and support 196

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Sku

GOR011078038

ISBN 13

9780745980584

ISBN 10

0745980589

Title

Surviving and Thriving on the Single-Parent Journey: A Step-by-Step Approach by Kathlene Seney-Williams

Author

Kathlene Seney-Williams

Condition

Used - Like New

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

SPCK Publishing

Year published

20190823

Number of pages

208

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N/A

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Note

The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

Surviving and Thriving on the Single-Parent Journey Kathlene Seney-Williams

Surviving and Thriving on the Single-Parent Journey by Kathlene Seney-Williams

Surviving and Thriving on the Single-Parent Journey Summary

Surviving and Thriving on the Single-Parent Journey: A Step-by-Step Approach by Kathlene Seney-Williams

About Kathlene Seney-Williams

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