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Raising Sons Without Fathers: A Woman's Guide to Parenting Strong, Successful Boys

Patricia Kennedy; Leif G. Terdal

Synopsis:
This book fills a desperate need: compared to fatherless daughters, boys without fathers are less likely to finish high school and more likely to suffer emotionally and economically in their adult lives. Dr. Leif Terdal, a world-renowned expert on this subject, and Patricia Kennedy describe the problems faced by sons without fathers and advise single mothers about how to raise more self-reliant young men. Providing practical, hands-on advice, the authors offer solutions to a variety of problems, including raising a boy's self-esteem; reducing job-task overload through family sharing; positive alternatives to gangs; discipline from preschool to adolescence, including ways to say no; working with a son's school; helping a boy get the best education he can; building close family ties; doing "guy" things with a son; finding positive male role-models; how mothers can build a better life financially; and how mothers can survive alone.

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Other editions: Softcover - 2006, Softcover - 2004, Softcover - 2003, Softcover - 2001, 2000, Softcover - 2000, Softcover - 2000, Softcover - 1994, Hardcover - 1993, 1991