Today, among the glut of single parenting self-help books, it's rare and refreshing to discover one that not only delivers just what the title offers, but exceeds all expectations with new insights, practical information and success tactics to guide readers through the maze of post-divorce parenting that helps parents and children not merely survive, but thrive. The book is The 7 Pitfalls of Single Parenting: What to Avoid to Help Your Children Thrive After Divorce by Carolyn Ellis.Best-selling author, Carolyn Ellis, has combined her academic background, broad based professional experience and personal involvement with divorce and single parenthood to write a definitive book every single-parent should have as a practical parenting road map. The book is based on in-depth research and observation of real life examples from clients, single parents, seminar attendees and her own invaluable experiences of raising three young children after divorce.