{"product_id":"the-single-dads-survival-guide-isbn-9781578566709","title":"The Single Dad's Survival Guide","description":"You May Be Single, But You’re Not Alone. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeing a great dad is challenging enough when you’re part of a two-person team. But now you’re raising your kids single-handedly. How can you provide the emotional, physical, and spiritual support your children need, cover all the details of running a household, and still earn a living to support your family? Being a solo dad could easily be the toughest job of your life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe good news is you’re not alone. Inside this book you’ll find the support, advice, and encouragement you need to succeed. Here are practical solutions for everything you’re facing–from conflicting emotions to day-to-day time management. You’ll find useful pointers on a daughter’s unique needs, a son’s inner struggles, and even how to recruit trusted friends to pitch in. With plenty of humor and real-world insight, \u003ci\u003eThe Single Dad’s Survival Guide \u003c\/i\u003ewill show you how to expand on your natural, built-in abilities so you can come out on top as a parenting team of one. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Find logistical help on everyday challenges, including finances, family schedules, household management, and staying on top of your work. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Take advantage of practical guidance on everything \u003cbr\u003efrom supporting and nurturing your kids to protecting your own emotional health.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Learn how to get past anger, hurt, and fatigue to stand strong as the man \u003cbr\u003eyour children need most–a man who provides security, \u003cbr\u003estability, and spiritual guidance during one of the toughest times in their life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s all here to help you succeed as a solo dad. Single parenting takes everything you’ve got–so learn how to give it your all.“This is the most informative and genuinely helpful guide for single fathers that I’ve read in my twenty-seven years of divorce recovery work. Mike Klumpp covers all the bases. His honest presentation will help any single dad navigate the wilderness of single parenting.”\u003cbr\u003e–Jim Smoke, speaker, author of the best-seller \u003ci\u003eGrowing Through Divorce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Single Dad’s Survival Guide\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with flashes of brilliant practical insight born of learning the hard way. I’ll be recommending this book to the thousands of single fathers that I share with yearly.”\u003cbr\u003e–Gary Richmond, pastor to single parents, First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, California, author of \u003ci\u003eSuccessful Single Parenting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“My most frustrating cases in counseling are single fathers who suddenly have custody of their children. \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSingle Dad’s Survival Guide\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable tool to minister to this unique group of men. After reviewing this book I immediately sent it to a new single father of two children.”    \u003cbr\u003e–Dr. Jim A. Talley, \u003cu\u003ewww.drtalley.com\u003c\/u\u003e, counselor, author of \u003ci\u003eReconcilable Differences\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eToo Close Too Soon\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“For a single dad, it doesn’t have to be pretty–it just has to work. Mike Klumpp plunges in and stirs things up, offering honest, straightforward help. Bottom line: Read this book.” \u003cbr\u003e–Bill Butterworth, speaker, author of \u003ci\u003eWhen Life Doesn’t Turn Out Like You Planned\u003c\/i\u003e and co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Promise of the Second Wind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mike Klumpp challenges fathers with humor, support, and insight into the thankless job of single parenting. His humbling honesty provides the friendly groundwork for practical suggestions and clarifying questions. From Romans 8:37 to recipes, rebellious teens to respectful transitions, Mike claims his faith and fatherhood–inviting others to join him.”\u003cbr\u003e–Tina Moody, MDiv, MA, LPC, theologian, and psychotherapist\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Single dads don’t experience \u003ci\u003eLeave It to Beaver, \u003c\/i\u003ethey live in \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Now\u003c\/i\u003e. Mike Klumpp is determined to honestly pass along his hard-won insights and skills to all fathers who really want to get better at fatherhood. I wish this book had been around when my kids were young.” \u003cbr\u003e–Bob Bennett, songwriter and recording artist whose \u003ci\u003eSongs from Bright Avenue\u003c\/i\u003e album deals with divorce recovery  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“From the first page of \u003ci\u003eThe Single Dad’s Survival Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, you enter the no-fluff zone of practical tools that will not only get you through today, but will provide a guide for many days to come. Feeling lonely, angry, in need of a twenty-seven-hour day? Mike Klumpp will help.” \u003cbr\u003e–Reg Grant, professor at Dallas Theological Seminary, author of \u003ci\u003eStorm\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ethe Surprising Story of Martin Luther\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“This is a warm and helpful resource for confused hearts. Alternately funny and heartbreaking, \u003ci\u003eThe Single Dad's Survival Guide\u003c\/i\u003e is practical encouragement served up with a kick!” \u003cbr\u003e–Len Woods, pastor, author of \u003ci\u003ePraying God’s Promises in Tough Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Rooted in Mike’s pain and perseverance, this book is as straightforward and practical a guide as you’ll find on effective fatherhood. While the book targets single dads, I found it to be inspiring and instructive on fatherhood in general. It gave me renewed vision for being a ‘real man’ for my wife and children.”\u003cbr\u003e–Mo Leverett, recording artist, founder and director of Desire Street Ministries in New Orleans\u003cb\u003eMike Klumpp\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, martial arts instructor, and former pastor who became a single dad when his four children were between five and fifteen years of age. 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