Fatherhood

Effective Fathering : Protecting and Providing, Being a Role Model
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Certainly the role of father as protector and provider has changed over the years. Historically, fathers were viewed as chief financial provider for and protector of their children. As the traditional roles of mother and father, and likewise man and wife

Effective Fathering : Nurturing and Disciplining Children
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
With infants, fathers should be responsive to their babies' cries, hold and hug them often, and participate in their basic care (e.g., feeding, changing diapers). Throughout the rest of early childhood, fathers should praise their children

Effective Fathering
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Of course, fathers are not all the same, and being an effective father takes many different forms. It is important for any caseworker who is going to be working with fathers - in other words, every caseworker - to understand what effective fathering is.

Fathers in the Healthy Development of Children
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
One of the most important influences a father can have on his child is indirect - fathers influence their children in large part through the quality of their relationship with the mother of their children.

Chinua Achebe
My Dad and Me
by Larry King
A prolific novelist, an editor, and an educator, Chinua Achebe has won countless awards for his vital contributions to African and English literature. His novel Things Fall Apart has sold more than 10 million copies all over the world and is considered

Hoarding Names
Daddy Needs a Drink
by Robert Wilder
In terms of upbringing, my wife, Lala, and I led mirror lives as children. I grew up with three brothers in New York and Connecticut with my dad, while Lala was raised in Colorado and Wyoming with a trio of sisters and her mother.

Chapter One
The Harris Men
by R. M. Johnson
'Mr. Harris, I'm sorry, but you have cancer,' the thin, white-haired doctor had told him. The man said it without emotion, without sympathy, without the slightest look of sadness in his eyes.

The Emperors Embrace
The Emperor's Embrace: Reflections on Animal Families and Fatherhood
by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, Ph.D.
Could it be that there is a politics of knowledge when it comes to animal behavior? We hear about infanticidal lions but rarely of heroic penguin fathers.

Make Room for Daddy
Daddies and Daughters
by Carmen Renee Berry, Lynn Barrington
In days of yore, fathers-to-be were banished to pace anxiously around hospital maternity wards waiting to find out if 'it' was a girl or a boy, while their wives gave birth behind closed doors.

Father and Son
Comrades
by Stephen E. Ambrose, Ph.D.
I've waited until the end to write about my friendship with my father. The joy of discovering male friendship is clearest in that friendship because it took a lifetime to appreciate it. A father is not a pal - he is the figure of authority and stability.

Trying to Get Pregnant
Breathe: A Guy's Guide to Pregnancy
by Mason Brown
Getting pregnant doesn't just happen. You have to work at it (unless you're dating an unwed teen, in which case pregnancy can occur via contact with a doorknob).

On Deciding to Become a Father
Breathe: A Guy's Guide to Pregnancy
by Mason Brown
Unlike marriage, fatherhood is not something to be entered into lightly or unadvisedly. You must understand the full range of responsibilities and duties it entails. Having a baby is a full-time job.

If I Stepped in Front of a Bus
Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal (So They Can Look Up Your Skirt) : A Dad's Advice for Daughters
by Philip Van Munching
I'm not entirely sure whether it's a sign of pragmatism or just an advanced stage of whistling in the dark, but as I get older I seem to be having a lot more conversations that begin with this: 'If I died tomorrow...' Actually, that's not quite right.

Introduction
The Treehouse: Eccentric Wisdom from My Father on How to Live, Love, and See
by Naomi Wolf
Bestselling author Naomi Wolf was brought up to believe that happiness is something that can be taught - and learned. In this magical book, Naomi shares the enduring wisdom of her father, Leonard Wolf, a poet and teacher who believes that every person

A Father's Weight
The Good Father: On Men, Masculinity, and Life in the Family
by Mark O'Connell, Ph.D.
Fathering is one of the most basic and profound human activities. Yet in addition to its many joys, fatherhood is often freighted with longing, sadness, anger, and misunderstanding.

The Twelve Obstacles to Fathering (and How to Overcome Them)
Gift of Fatherhood : How Men's Live are Transformed by Their Children
by Aaron Hass, Ph.D.
Fatherhood will give you some of the greatest challenges - and the greatest opportunities - you will ever lace. Along with the pleasure your children can bring, you'll encounter new demands and situations that will help you to change and grow as a person.

Sancti Spíritus (1955-1957)
A Private Family Matter: A Memoir
by Victor Rivas Rivers
This is a story about how I was saved by love, at a time when most people considered me beyond rescue. So begins Victor Rivas Rivers in this powerful chronicle of his escape from the war zone of domestic violence - too often regarded as a private family

Get More Time With Your Children and Manage Your Child Support
Dad's Time Tracker
by Annetta L. Panatera
Dad's Time Tracker was written specifically for custodial and non-custodial fathers seeking to be the best fathers they can be for their children. The Time Tracker will allow you to gather data on expenses, medical issues, children's friends, parent

Trout Music
Faithful Travelers
by James Dodson
The sun was dropping into the hills, casting a golden hue over the broad Connecticut River as we rambled over its darkly swirling currents into Vermont. I'd been calmly driving for two hours, alternately chatting with my daughter about this and that and

A Father's Voice
Final Rounds: A Father, A Son, The Golf Journey Of A Lifetime
by James Dodson
Toward the end of the afternoon, Tom Watson sits in his office talking to a golf writer. The golf season has just ended. The golf writer is me. We have been talking for almost two hours. There is a thin skin of ice on the pond in the park across