Daughters and their Dads

Tips for fathers, adult daughters, husbands and father figures

From the author of the best-seller Fathering from the Fast Lane

 A daughter's relationship with her father is usually her first male-female relationship, and it has a profound effect on her life, for good or bad. Daughters and their Dads offers simple information plus a range of suggested strategies to improve the relationship that fathers have with daughters and that in turn daughters have with their fathers and their husbands.

Many men do not realize the profound and long lasting impact their relationship has in shaping their daughter’s life, particularly her relationships with men.  From her father a daughter learns self respect and acceptance, how to relax around and be affectionate with men without being sexual, that men and women can negotiate fairly and what to expect from a male-female relationship. 

Fathers and daughters need each other. A dad can give a daughter a special confidence and sense of her own value in a very special way. A strong father/daughter bond helps a daughter navigate through the many tough challenges of the teenage years and early adulthood.
Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia

This book will be of great interest to all men: fathers, to understand what they need to do as fathers of daughters; husbands, to understand our partners better; father-figures, asking ourselves how we can positively influence young girls and community members, to encourage other men such as brothers and friends to be good dads.

This book will also be of great interest to all women: daughters to try to better understand their reactions to events in their lives, especially in marriage; co-parents, to help them encourage their partners to be better fathers and mothers who need to find good father-figures for their daughters.

Daughters and their Dads contains quotes from over 400 personal interviews with men and women, including Shane Gould, Geraldine Doogue, Dr’s Fiona Wood and Fiona Stanley, Geoff Marsh, Peter Hillary, Justin Langer, Dennis Lillee, John Anderson, Bill Bryson, Peter Doherty, Harley Hayward, Tim Winton, Sir Gustav Nossal, and others such as students, former prime ministers, prostitutes, premiers, nurses, Nobel laureates, carpenters, convicts, media personalities and musicians. Many novel ideas and tips are presented. Issues discussed include: helping a girl feel beautiful, building a girl’s confidence, avoiding drugs, encouraging learning, teaching her how she can expect to be treated by a man, making certain she realizes your love for her is unconditional, and overcoming blocks to good fathering and resolution and forgiveness for adult daughters.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr Bruce Robinson is the author of the best seller Fathering from the Fast Lane, plus several other books and resources. He has lectured on fathering for nearly 20 years to thousands of people in 5 different countries. He is a doctor, teacher and scientist, with over 150 published papers and numerous awards. He co-leads The Fathering Project team at the University of Western Australia.