Fatherhood category: 792 books
In Search of Fatherhood- Transcending Boundaries
International Conversations on Fatherhood
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2004
IN SEARCH OF FATHERHOOD -- TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES is a straight-no chaser exploration of the questions and issues directly and indirectly related to Fatherhood which confront Married Fathers, Single Fathers, Stay-At-Home Fathers, Long-Distance Fathers, Divorced Fathers, Custodial Fathers and Non-Custodial...
Intimate Fatherhood
A Sociological Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Fatherhood is gaining ever more public and political attention, stimulated by the increasing prominence of fathers’ rights groups and the introduction of social policies, such as paternity leave. Intimate Fatherhood explores discourses of contemporary fatherhood, men’s parenting behaviour and...
Prime Time Dads
45 Reasons to Embrace Midlife Fatherhood
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
“When faced with first-time fatherhood at the age of 49, I didn't know whether to celebrate with champagne... or hemlock. But it's turned out to be the best thing I've ever done," writes author Len Filppu in PRIME TIME DADS: 45 Reasons to Embrace Midlife Fatherhood. PRIME TIME DADS puts forth in humorous,...
by Dalton Higgins
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Some of Canada's most acclaimed multicultural personalities public figures intellectuals entertainers athletes and activists share stories memories insights and revelations about fatherhood from the comic to the tragic. Through critical essays first-person musings interviews conversations spoken...
Fatherhood
Research, Interventions, and Policies
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
How much power does a father have to influence his children's development?
A lively and often heated public debate on the role and value of the father in a family has been underway in the United States for the past decade. Nevertheless, we are far from understanding the complex ways in which...
American Fatherhood
A Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
American Fatherhood: A Cultural History traces changes in what it means to be a dad in America, from the 1960s through today. The book begins with an overview of fatherhood in America from the “founding fathers” through the 1950s and progresses to the role of fathers as they were encouraged to...
Dad
Discover the Power of Fatherhood
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
As a dad, you are the most important man in your children’s lives! You are your son’s first hero and your daughter’s first romance. The impact you have on them as their dad will last a lifetime.
It is a challenging time in history to be a father. The quality of what we bring as fathers...
The Joy of Fatherhood, Expanded 2nd Edition
The First Twelve Months
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Month-by-Month Developments in Your Baby, Your Partner, and You
"This first-rate, father-friendly manual answers questions you didn't even know you should be asking!" — Thomas G. Gutheil, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
The expanded edition of The Joy of Fatherhood...
by Tom Williams, Dave Housley, Ben Tanzer
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
A collection of flash fiction (Tanzer), bookend short stories (Williams), a novella (Housley), and poetry written from father to daughter (Pawelek), Four Fathers is a hard-hitting definitive work that seeks to uncover what it takes to be a parent. These subjects are not easy, and through these introspective...
by Brian Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
First published in 1984, this groundbreaking title explores the concept of fatherhood, by following a hundred men who become fathers for the first time. The book is addressed to men who are discovering fatherhood and to women who wish to hear what a man feels and thinks about having a child.
Many...
Fatherhood
Rising to the Ultimate Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
In Fatherhood, beloved NBA player, poet, children’s advocate, and devoted dad Etan Thomas speaks from his heart on what matters most in his life: being there for his children. As a leading participant in President Obama’s Fatherhood Initiative, Etan has reached out to young men (often young fathers)...
When I First Held You
22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the Triumphs, Challenges, and Transfo rmative Experience of Fatherhood
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
From some of today’s most critically acclaimed writers**—including Dennis Lehane, Justin Cronin, Andre Dubus III, and Benjamin Percy—*****comes a rich collection of essays on what it means to be a dad. ***
Becoming a father can be one of the most profoundly terrifying, exhilarating,...
This I Believe
On Fatherhood
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Compelling stories of fatherhood from the popular NPR radio show
From the popular radio series This I Believe comes this touching and thought-provoking compilation of original essays on one of the most fundamental of human relationships-fatherhood. It is a relationship filled with joy and heartbreak,...
by Kevin Renner
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
Today, 200,000 daughters around the world will be born. Some will never know their fathers. Others will wish they didn’t. And still others will grow to treasure the men who helped nurture them into womanhood.
At 52, author Kevin Renner slowly came to realize that he wasn’t the father he’d...