Dating and the Single Parent

*Are You Ready to Date? *Talking with the Kids *Avoiding a Big Mistake *Finding Lasting Love

De: Ron L. Deal, Dennis Rainey - foreword

Narrado por: Christopher P. Brown

From best-selling author, speaker, and therapist Ron Deal, one of the most widely heard and viewed experts on blended families in the country.

Part of Ron's Smart Stepfamily series of books (over 250,000 copies sold) including The Smart Stepmom, The Smart Stepdad, Dating and the Single Parent, The Smart Stepfamily Marriage, Daily Encouragement for the Smart Stepfamily, and The Smart Stepfamily Guide to Financial Planning.

Single parents who are dating or want to begin a dating relationship wonder: How will dating affect my children and my parenting? They probably have figured out that "dating in a crowd" is complicated. Now they're looking for help. Ron Deal, who has counseled single parents and remarried couples for many years, helps single parents - as well as those who date them - navigate the potential pitfalls involved. He gives perspective on when a relationship may be harmful to the children as well as how it can be a blessing to all. Always at the forefront is the goal of strengthening families.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2012 Ron L. Deal (P)2022 Tantor

Great insight and Christian values!

I would highly recommend this book to any single Christian parent. It provides very authentic advice backed by Christian values and surfaced a lot of things that I had never considered. Well done!

Practical advice

The practical advice and resource I will be listening to this book several times at least.

A good book to listen to

This book covers good points but most of them based on religion and Christianity. If you are not religious you might not enjoy it that much!

Speaks Volumes

Reading this opened my eyes to a few things I wasn't aware of as well as emphasized a few in terms of needing not only to be in love with each other, but for the children to be able to have a healthy relationship with a step-parent in their life as well. I know there's a lot to learn and to build on if this is the path I end up taking, but this knowledge was good not just in my pursuit of a beautiful God serving woman (a mother and role model of a female toddler), but this is also good for me in the chance (which I hope doesn't come to this) that things don't ever pick up off the floor and we remain friends, and I find a none-mother single woman or just stay single. This book is good not just for the single parent (or a guardian like myself), but for all people dating or not dating. The information is vital for all.

Author is honest. This takes a lot of hard work and provided many examples.

The performance made the content appear as if the author doesn’t support blended families. It was depressing at times to listen to due to the seriousness of the readers tone. When I reread a hard copy, it was easier to digest to content.

Narrator

A Narration was not enjoyable. Good content. Will listen to another Blended family book by Ron L Deal

Hopelessness

If you want to be depressed and hear how you can never have as good of a family as you could have had if your husband had not left and how terrible a second family will be, by all means, read this.