Embracing your father
Subtitle: how to build the relationship you've always wanted with your dad
By: Linda Nielsen
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Fathers and daughters; Parent and child; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonal communication
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-206) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Expand your vision : don't be blinded by negative beliefs. Your family's beliefs.   Your memories : beware. Three daughters : why we believe what isn't so. Now what? Facing facts about fathers. Removing your blindfolds; title: More than a wallet : learning To bank on yourself. Your family's beliefs. Your parents' decisions. Men's money : women's love. The impact of your father's job. Exploring your father's experiences. Your attitudes and behavior : Work & money. Banking on dad. So now what?; title: Communicating : open ears, open heart, open Mind. Emotional intelligence. Your power : your father's fears. Helping your father feel safe. Interference or advice?  Approval or advice? Dealing with anger. Emotional blackmail. Asking your father to change. Is it worth it?; title: Who is this man? : drawing dad Out, allowing dad in. Emotional intimacy : knowing versus loving someone. Making more effort. Spending time alone with your father. Getting personal : meaningful questions for dad. Overcoming your fear of discussing it. Discussing your relationship. Ending secrecy and deception. Apologizing & forgiving. Is it worth it?; title: Mother's power, don't build your road to dad through mom. Your mother's upbringing and mental health. Your mother's beliefs. Our mother's feelings about being idealized. Your mother's opinions of your father. Your parents' marriage : fairness and power. Your parents' marriage : how happy? Adultery. What now?; title: Sex : let's stop pretending. Sexual beliefs : yours and your father's. Your father's fears. Father as advisor and ally. Your lack of self-confidence. Handling your differences; title: Divorce & remarriage : resolving, renewing, repairing. Demoralizing, demeaning and dumping divorced dads. Money : the never ending battle. Mother : her opinions and well-being. Dad remarries : his wife, their kids. The blame game : adultery and other matters. Reconnecting : starting over with dad. Is it worth it? Epilogue