Family & Relationships : Fatherhood

Remain an integral part of your kids' lives during and after divorce. More and more, divorced fathers are finding out that, rather than being one half of a "broken" home, they can continue to play a crucial role in their children's lives. You can, too. Turn to Always Dad and discover how to work with your ex to create a fulfilling extended family, one that can help ensure that your kids grow up in an enriching, loving environment. more...

Price: $16.99

Life can be pretty tricky when you're a teenage girl. New things matter: Clothes. Parties. Boys. Suddenly being liked and being popular don't mean the same thing. Your parents get completely bizarre when the subject of dating comes up. A friend you've had forever stabs you in the back for no good reason. Everybody you know seems to feel free to comment on your constantly changing body. Drugs and alcohol go from being what you see "bad" kids doing on television shows to what you see your friends doing when no adults are around. How are you supposed to deal?. Since life doesn't come with a set of instructions, it helps to turn to people who have been through the stuff that you're facing. Even parents can help. (Really!) In Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal (so they can look up your skirt), former teenage boy -- and current dad of two daughters -- Philip Van Munching helps guide you through some of life's most confusing topics. From Beauty to Grief, from Sex to Fate, Van Munching covers the things you most want to know about and, in his wise, warm, and funny way, offers advice on how you can become the young woman you most want to be. more...

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Cursed by a Happy Childhood is a warm, funny, bighearted collection of one dad’s reminiscences about the kinds of lessons we all learn--sometimes the hard way, often without even realizing it--on the road to becoming a grown-up. The book began as a diary of sorts that Carl Lennertz wanted to keep for his eleven-year-old daughter, a way to let her know that he understood something about being a child and dealing with the milestones she would soon be approaching as a teenager. more...

Price: $12.00

In this personal and humorous account, he shares with us not only his experiences of being a father, but his in-depth knowledge of psychology. Along the way, you'll pick up tips - about child development from the terrible twos to teenage tantrums; about sex with your partner in the weeks after childbirth; about accepting your stepchildren's rules about socks. more...

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Focus on Fathering discusses the fascinating, moving, and often contradictory role in which Australian men find themselves as fathers: •What is a good father these days? •What is it fathers provide that is so influential to a child’s development? •Is fathering importantly different to mothering? •Is it a role that a single mother or a substitute parent can take? •What do fathers and children say? •What do women think? It becomes abundantly apparent in Focus on Fathering that fathers have deep feelings for their children and desire to be good parents. From their research or experience as practitioners working with fathers the writers explore many aspects of fathering. The inspiration for Focus on Fathering came from a forum on Australian fathers organised by the Commission for Children and Young People in Queensland. Anyone concerned with the wellbeing of Australian children should read this informative and challenging book. more...

Price: $29.95