- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group (Oct 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 087477862X
- ISBN-13: 978-0874778625
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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Format:Hardcover
Sanford Braver has contributed a compelling work to the subject of disenfranchised fathers and the impact on children and society. His focus, as stated, is to examine divorced fathers in great detail - as opposed to never-wed or unknown dads. With a wealth of statistics, he systematically overturns the conventional wisdom on key issues ranging from child support and "deadbeat dads" to joint custody. Rather than avoiding them, he admirably tackles the toughest issues - including an analysis of Jeffrey Nichols ("King of the deadbeat dads")and a detailed review of domestic violence. With his academic background, the book reads much like well written treatise that would survive a tough "peer review". However, it is far from dry but rather filled with topical anecdotes and perfect illustrations of the points he makes. I highly recommend this book. I'd also recommend David Popenoe's "Life without Father" for a further description of the impact of fatherlessness on our society through the children of the last generation.
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Family issues are the most important we face, yet we have been indoctrinated with false information, leaving us vulnerable to corrupt policy and destructive social trends. Know the truth!
Author Sanford Braver is a highly praised scientist at Arizona State University who conducted the largest federally funded study of divorced (non-welfare) fathers. "Shattering the Myths" does exactly what the title suggests. Results correspond well with a previous study that lost its funds as soon as it was realized that they did not support the father as deadbeat image. This book is well written and digestible for the average reader, while providing scientific evidence and insight.
Chapter by chapter, myths are exposed:
1. The "Bad Divorced Dad" image
2. Taking on the Myth: Deadbeat Dads
3. Taking on the Myth: The No-Show Dad
4. Taking on the Myth: Standards of Living
5. Taking on the Myth: Terms of Divorce
6. Taking on the Myth: Emotional Issues of Divorce
7. Taking on the Myth: Who Leaves the Marriage
8. The "Parentally Disenfranchised" Dad
9. Joint Legal Custody: Keeping Dad Involved
10. Caveat: When Joint Legal Custody is Wrong
11. Custody Policies That Work
12. Changing the Landscape of Divorce: Additional Recommendations for Reform
Author Sanford Braver is a highly praised scientist at Arizona State University who conducted the largest federally funded study of divorced (non-welfare) fathers. "Shattering the Myths" does exactly what the title suggests. Results correspond well with a previous study that lost its funds as soon as it was realized that they did not support the father as deadbeat image. This book is well written and digestible for the average reader, while providing scientific evidence and insight.
Chapter by chapter, myths are exposed:
1. The "Bad Divorced Dad" image
2. Taking on the Myth: Deadbeat Dads
3. Taking on the Myth: The No-Show Dad
4. Taking on the Myth: Standards of Living
5. Taking on the Myth: Terms of Divorce
6. Taking on the Myth: Emotional Issues of Divorce
7. Taking on the Myth: Who Leaves the Marriage
8. The "Parentally Disenfranchised" Dad
9. Joint Legal Custody: Keeping Dad Involved
10. Caveat: When Joint Legal Custody is Wrong
11. Custody Policies That Work
12. Changing the Landscape of Divorce: Additional Recommendations for Reform
Format:Hardcover
Sanford Braver (Psychology, Arizona State University) and Diane O'Connell offer us a non-technical presentation and discussion of the most thorough, responsible research to date on divorced fathers. Based on Dr. Braver's eight-year, federally-funded study of divorced fathers, this book lives up to its subtitle by shattering myths that are prevalent not only among the general public but also among legislators, judges, policy-makers, and members of the media.
I came away from a careful reading of this book convinced that approaching the problem of child support collection by increasing enforcement mechanisms and penalties is doomed to failure. These approaches seem attractive only because we have misunderstood the problem.
I believe the book will also be helpful for divorced and divorcing fathers. They will learn that they are not alone in the way they have been treated by the divorce system. *Divorced Dads* is neither a self-help book nor an advocacy book. But it will help divorced fathers understand their situation and it will certainly provide the research to ground advocacy to change our current divorce system.
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Tremendous insight into the negative stereotyping of dads
I am the founder of Fathers for Fair Visitation and I routinely distribute this book at no cost to decision makers in California. The information is very valuable. Read more
Published on 25 April 1999
Affirming... and Depressing.
Braver and O'Connell's Divorced Dads: Shattering the Myths, emerges as the first work on the subject to extend it's reach beyond mere hyperbole in either direction. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 1999
A must for everyone interested in America's children
"Divorced Dads", a new Tarcher/Putnam book written by Sanford L. Braver with Dianne O'Connell, should be read by everyone interested in America's children. Read more
Published on 13 Oct 1998
Logically explodes the myths about divorced dads.
In a well organized fashion, Braver and O'Connell point out the myths about divorced dads which have been generally accepted as truths by the media, and more importantly, by... Read more
Published on 9 Oct 1998
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