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Acknowledgments | xi | |
Introduction | 1 | |
1 | Redefining Family | 7 |
Creating New Images | ||
Take a Minute: The Metaphorical Family | ||
Family History | ||
Take a Minute: Revisiting History | ||
The Power of Myth | ||
Take a Minute: Inventing New Myths | ||
Combating Stereotypes | ||
Take a Minute: Moving Beyond Stereotypes | ||
Creating a Working Definition of Family | ||
Take a Minute: Defining Family | ||
2 | Creating Community | 30 |
Seeking and Receiving Support | ||
Take a Minute: Listing Your Resources | ||
Redefining Friendship | ||
Take a Minute: Negotiating Healthy Relationships | ||
Creating an Intentional Community | ||
Take a Minute: Building Community | ||
Discovering a Virtual Community | ||
Take a Minute: Visiting a Virtual Community | ||
3 | Of Mentors and Men | 51 |
The Importance of Mentors | ||
Take a Minute: Finding a Mentor for Your Children | ||
Take Another Minute: Finding a Mentor for Yourself | ||
The Importance of Men in Children's Lives | ||
Take a Minute: Finding Male Role Models | ||
4 | Mothering Yourself | 62 |
Can You Spell Codependent? | ||
Take Time to Make Time | ||
Take a Minute: Setting Your Own Priorities | ||
Chang What You Can Change | ||
Take a Minute: Dialogue with Self | ||
Stress Management | ||
Take a Minute: Mothering Yourself | ||
Learning to Forgive | ||
Embracing Imperfection | ||
Take a Minute: A Blessing a Day | ||
5 | Raising Resilient Children | 94 |
Experience Makes Us Strong | ||
Take a Minute: Lessons Learned | ||
Parenting from a Position of Strength | ||
Toward Positive Parenting | ||
Mothering Not Smothering: Establishing Appropriate Boundaries | ||
Take a Minute: Enmeshed or Disengaged? | ||
Parenting as a Practice | ||
Communication Is the Key | ||
Take a Minute: Becoming a Listening Presence | ||
Teachable Moments | ||
Take a Minute: Teachable Moments | ||
6 | The World Out There | 125 |
Earning and Learning | ||
Take a Minute: Preparing a Monthly Budget | ||
Working Outside the Home | ||
It's Never Too Late to Go Back to School | ||
Sex and the Single Mom | ||
Take a Minute: Developing Your Dating Criteria | ||
7 | Send in the Crones | 149 |
Lessons in Letting Go | ||
Take a Minute: Designing a Rite of Passage | ||
Changing Bodies, Changing Lives | ||
Single Grandmothers | ||
Parenting Our Parents | ||
Epilogue: Coming Full Circle | 165 | |
Resources and Reading | 168 | |
Bibliography | 177 | |
Index | 183 | |
About the Author | 189 |
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