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by Andrea Engber (Author), Leah Klungness (Author) "Long before the age of Christianity, even before Judaism, Islam, and classical Greece, almost every culture and civilization on earth revered the "Goddess Mother ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Adams Media Corporation; 3rd Revised edition edition (30 Jun 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1593374909
  • ISBN-13: 978-1593374907
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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"The Complete Single Mother" has long been single mothers' favourite source of encouragement and advice, exploring important issues as: finances; dealing with the absent father; custody; and, dating and remarriage. Now, this revised and updated parenting classic boasts a new chapter devoted to children with special needs, as well as inspirational side bars about famous single mothers. The most comprehensive guide on the market, this always supportive, one-step resource is simply a must-have for single mothers everywhere.

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Whether a single mom by choice or chance, if you're unmarried, divorced, widowed, or an adoptive or donor-inseminated mom, this book has all the answers to your most difficult questions and even to some you haven't yet thought of! Meet your newest companion, The Complete Single Mother! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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4.0 out of 5 stars worthwhile, 11 Dec 2003
This review is from: The Complete Single Mother: Reassuring Answers to Your Most Challenging Concerns (Paperback)
i found this a worthwhile book for lots of reasons. It is very comprehensive and if you thought you were alone in your circumstances, you almost certainly find your situation in here be it divorce, bereavement, one-night stand, donor insemination. It is particularly good at dealing with difficult questions from others - particularly nosy people! and children as they grow older with harder questions. This was the best part of the book for me - and their outlook I found very compassionate and focused - without being over-emotional. The questions they deal with are very, very common and yet little is written about them elsewhere, even if by necessity they are dealt with in a very concise way in this encyclopeadic work.

The other thing i liked about it was its general positive outlook on being a single mother, and its interesting little observations e.g. sometimes other people might feel threatened by you 'cos of the view of single mothers as "hero-victim" which is very confusing for them (maybe us too) !!!!

i may have a couple of small criticisms. some of the stuff seems a little bit too much like common sense, perhaps all help books have this kind of problem. Also, there is an emphasis on getting back to work, more education (some of us have loads!) and finding good daycare ... thats ok, but i don't think much was said about staying at home with your baby especially when he is small. perhaps in america this is simply not possible for single mothers ... or perhaps it is such a huge subject in its own right it couldn't be dealt with in depth here ... still there did seem to be some kind of absence. Breastfeeding gets a short mention, and sleeping with your baby/young children is not really approved of here because, it is stated, it goes against American culture. This is a book that on occasion (and quite rightly) confronts many major assumptions of Western patriarchy!!!! but sleeping with your baby (though most mothers in the rest of the world have always done so) is clearly a bridge too far! I sleep with my baby and its a lovely arrangement, we both nearly always sleep well and it feels very natural and happy and reassuring for him. he will grow out of it in his own time. one of the good things of being a single mum is that i can breastfeed, have my baby sleep with me without some man complaining he is not getting enough attention!!!!

One reviewer earlier complained that the book was anti-men and i did not find this at all. it had a very dispassionate approach to the reality of male and female relationships, new relationships, male role models for sons, etc. it is just quite realistic that some men do behave in ways that need some assertive responses, which has got to be positive, especially when single mothers can very easily fall into the victim mentality that the book says is so popular.

Finally, it is great that you have a book like this in the States and magazines for single mums and single working mums. It just seemed really dynamic and positive. Unfortunately here in the UK it seems to me that we have much drearier, apologetic and modest organisations. So its great that you have trailblazers like the authors of this book who, though they don't know everything, have a good handle on a huge range of single mothers' situations.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Phenominal! Swell!!! A real family book!!!, 7 Jan 1999
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A perfect resource for millions of families! Long, long, overdue! Naturally the religious right will hate this book, so too bad. Single mothers have existed since the dawn of civilization and it's high time humanity got civilized enough to acknowledge them and pay tribute to the difficult jobs they do. This book is not afraid to talk back to books like "Fatherless America." The only way to cut poverty among single moms is to provide women with the same opportunities as men in their career and to raise our girls to prepare to be self-supporting. The sixties and seventies brought on so many welcome, blessed changes for the better and may the 21st century continue in that direction! This book is a homing beacon to a better tomorrow!
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1.0 out of 5 stars The world's worst parenting book, 14 Jun 1999
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If you're a single mother who cares even one iota about raising your child into a competent, stable adult, avoid this book! Instead of focusing on how to face the challenges of single motherhood with compassion and wit, this book says your problems are just everyone else's fault. Worried about all the government studies that show the detrimental effects of bad single parenting? Engber says they're all myths and retorts ineffectually with nebulous feel-good quotes from a questionable "living under the patriarchy" study. Your baby's daddy wants custody? According to Engber, it's only be an evil ploy to avoid paying child support! If you want to be coddled into believing you're a (late) pioneer in creating a new (dysfunctional) social order, you'll love this book. If you actually want to be a good parent, you'll do far better with the American Academy of Pediatrics' books, and more importantly, real-life support from functional families and friends.
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