How to Be a Good Dad to Your Kids After a Divorce

April 23, 2012 - PRLog -- Chicago, IL - Father absence is a growing problem because of myriad factors—gender bias, vindictive spouses, legal trends in custody and visitation—all of which conspire to separate fathers from their children.  The vast majority of dads want to be physically and emotionally present in their kids’ lives, but they can become discouraged and frustrated because of the just-listed factors.  

HOW TO BE A GOOD DIVORCED DAD helps men meet the challenges and overcome the obstacles that stand in the way of their becoming fully-involved parents.  It offers advice on a wide range of topics:
•   How to use legal strategies to increase the odds of receiving optimum custody and visitation agreements
•   How to communicate with children at different ages experiencing different issues in order to maintain a strong father-child relationship
•   How to deal with the low self-esteem and depression that can create a barrier between them and their children

The book provides real-life; inspiring stories of dads who found ways to become great, fully present fathers.   These men made the sacrifices and put in the effort to defeat the forces that stood between them and their kids.  Their examples will motivate readers and provide them with insights about how to be the best possible parent for their children during and after a divorce.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jeffery Leving is the country's leading authority on fathers' rights, President Emeritus of the Fatherhood Educational Institute, and the author of two previous groundbreaking books: Fathers’ Rights and Divorce Wars. He has a weekly radio show in Chicago, a divorce magazine, a website: http://dadsrights.com and a blog. He speaks frequently and gives trainings and workshops for divorced dads around the country.

HOW TO BE A GOOD DIVORCED DAD offers provocative insights about gender bias, legal system trends and other factors that hurt parenting relationships, as well as draws Leving’s many years of expertise as the country’s leading fathers’ rights advocate to provide credible information and stories for divorcing or divorced dads.
For more information, please visit our press room at www.wiley.com/go/press
#  #  #