Parenting Partners: How to Encourage Dads to Participate in the Daily Lives of Their Children

by Robert Frank and Kathryn E. Livingston

"In this unusual book, Robert Frank gives newer and deeper meaning to the role of father as primary caregiver to his children. . . . This book will have a profound effect on our future".--Isabelle Fox, Ph.D., author of "Being There: The Benefits of a Stay-at-Home Parent".

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312267541
• ISBN13: 9780312267544
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

If you get only one fathering/parenting book, get this one!

If you get only one fathering/parenting book, this is the one to get. It covers everything from the importance of dad's involvement to child development to spousal communications and more. Bob Frank has been on the forefront of fathering trends for years and has many years of experience as both a parent and a family therapist.Highly Recommended.

This book is gold for parents partnering to raise children.

As a 50-year old looking back at my parenting experiences, I found this book reassuring in those things that I did right and revealing about those things I could have done better. It is a book not just for fathers. It would be a mistake to give it to a father and say,"Here, this is what you must do." It is a book to be read and experienced together by parents willing to create a partnership in raising their children. The book covers concerns from before the baby's birth through young adulthood. It offers a wealth of anecdotes and practical suggestions to help parents nurture and guide their children while maintaining a balanced parenting relationship. I wish I had this book before my first child was born, but, it is not simply another "newborn parent" offering. If I had received this book at any stage of my children's development, I would have found it insightful and helpful. I plan to send it to son, daughters, nieces, and nephews. A great gift to be given by a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, or friend. Robert Frank's professionalism and caring shines through.

Every Father should read this book!

Dr Frank really understands today's family and offers valuable advice for father's. I recommend it be REQUIRED reading for every father. This book will help you become more in touch with your children and you will gain a better understanding of why your role as an involved father is so important in their life!