Book by Snydal, Larry, Jones, Carl

In The American Father, Wade C. Mackey documents a wealth of infor­ mation demonstrating the vast benefits to society when its children are raised in families with fathers. The biopsychosocial approach Mackey in human employs is consistent with the current treatment of topics development. This approach-which is grounded in a variety of diverse sources-assumes that we understand little about people when we study them a bit at a time; rather, the fullness of the individual requires a fullness of examination. For example, in the cases of fathers, we note that humans do not reproduce alone; after all, we are not an asexual species. No, human reproduction and its sequelae are social, just as clearly as they are biological, and involve the whole panoply of psychic function (mo­ tivation, sociability, intelligence, and the like). The evidence marshaled by Mackey indicates strongly that indi­ viduals and societies have an essential requirement for something more than mothering; they also need fathering. Much of the discourse and publication on fathers during the past several decades has been posited on a "more is better" model of male parenting in which it is seldom stated who it is better for-the father, the child, the mother, the couple, or the family. Further, much of this discussion infers that fathers are merely "Mr. Moms"; yet this is not so.

The author chronicles his search for his father by hiring a detective and reveals his own life as he follows the investigator from one dead end to the next in the search for the long-missing man

Product Description: Every father has a hidden longing to see his children surpass him. To help him achieve this, Ken Canfield offers a three-part plan. First, a dad should examine his own heart. Next, he should take steps to improve the way he connects with his children...read more

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Product Description: First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A new edition of a classic discussion of the men's roles in society explores how modern times have led to confusion about that role at work and home, offering guidelines for family leadership and for effectively balancing life's many demands. Reprint. (view table of contents)

An analysis of the difficulties of balancing fatherhood and a career in today's society draws from scores of interviews with men, delineating the problems of parenting and offering solutions to the stresses involved. First serials, Ladies' Home Journal & MS. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The American family is changing. Divorce, single parents, and stepfamilies are redefining the way we live together and raise our children. Is this a change for the worse? David Popenoe sets out the case for fatherhood and the two-parent family as the best arrangement for ensuring the well-being and future development of children...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A Father for All Seasons celebrates the wonder of the father/son relationship and shows how everything in life changes when the two connect.

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Product Description: Are fathers really important? Of course they are. Yet we as a society have wittingly and unwittingly built nearly insurmountable barriers that restrict men's involvement with their children and families. In Throwaway Dads, a noted researcher on fatherhood and a leading author on the art of being a father explode the myths of neglectful, uninterested, abusive, deadbeat, and lazy dads with real-life studies and statistics...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The fatherhood movement has established itself as the most innovative and effective response to the most daunting crisis facing American families. Written by the movement's founders, this indispensable book illustrates the movement's methods for reconnecting men with their children and restoring the fragile bonds that hold our society together...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: In this courageous collaboration the Jampolskys explore their own history in a series of personal letters to each other. Their correspondence reveals the deeply-felt bonds, anxieties, self-doubts, and wounds that are part of every man's life...read more

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