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Summary: A purdy good way to start
Review: A clever enough book. It presents specific methods for nurturing your daughter into a strong, emotionally healthy adulthood. It IS written from the perspective of a christian father. If you are offended by the very thought of religion playing a part in your life relationships, you probably will not get too much from this book. Or your wife will tell you to not like it? In reference to earlier negative comments, please note other reviews from the same person and ask yourself if he ever actually read this one...
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Summary: Good book
Review: Amazingly enlightening, easy to read, and right on the money! If one is not a Christian, then this book is probably not for you (which perhaps may explain the negative review above?). The book emphasizes the importance of a Dad's role in a daughters life which countless research supports but some groups prefer to ignore. I have first hand seen the damage a bad father plays in my sister's lives. This book will help me not to make the same mistakes with my daughter. Among other things, Lots of time, love, discipline, and support are what Dr. Leman prescribes.
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Summary: A must read for a Christian dad raising a daughter!
Review: Amazingly enlightening, easy to read, and right on the money! If one is not a Christian, then this book is probably not for you (which perhaps may explain the negative review above?). The book emphasizes the importance of a Dad's role in a daughters life which countless research supports but some groups prefer to ignore. I have first hand seen the damage a bad father plays in my sister's lives. This book will help me not to make the same mistakes with my daughter. Among other things, Lots of time, love, discipline, and support are what Dr. Leman prescribes.
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Summary: Nicely Done....
Review: Being a new Daddy is very important to me...With this book I picked up valuable insights and lessons for this important role that God placed me in...Leman has a practical, smooth and humerous style and his writing is enjoyable to read.
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Summary: Don't waste your money on this one
Review: Dr. Leman...tries hardto be witty and humorous, but his entire approach is contrived.The books underlying premise, that "A woman's relationshipwith her father, more than any other relationship, is going to affecther relationships with all other males in her life -- her bosses,coworkers, subordinates, sons, husband, brothers, pastors, collegeprofessors, and even Hollywood movie stars" is extremelypretentious and, according to my wife, completely untrue. That boldstatement is on page 5. From there, the book gets harder and harderto take. I bought the book hoping it would give me ideas on how tobecome closer to my daughter and to help me enhance my already verygood relationship with her. However, after reading as much of Leman'sdrivel as I could stand, I realized the best thing I could do was tocontinue with the approach I had been taking -- to show my daughter asmuch love as I knew how, and to pay attention to her needs, hopes, anddreams and to support them in whatever way I felt was best. ....
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Summary: Fatherhood 101 - How to Master Raising a Daughter
Review: I heard Dr. Kevin Leman discuss What a Difference a Daddy Makes on Focus on the Family. At the end of the hour, I knew I had to buy and read this book. I cannot say enough good things about it. If I could give it six stars, I would. There were several chapters in the book that made me think, "This chapter alone is worth the price of the book." I think my favorite was chapter five - A Good Dad. Dr. Leman offers the encouragement that a dad doesn't need to be a great dad, just a good dad who is present and consistent. Super daddy once in a great while isn't the key. Rather, good dad in generous and frequent doses is the key to raising a well-adjusted daughter. Dr. Leman offers this profile of a "Good Father:"
1. A Father who is there
2. A Father who understands
3. A Father who honors his wife
4. A Father who believes in his daughter
5. A Father who lets his daughter hurt I could hardly believe number five, until I read what Dr. Leman had to say to explain himself. Dr. Leman's book endeared itself to me. His writing style is pleasant and straightforward. He shares many stories from his own family to illustrate his points. One of the greatest aspects of the book is that he shares some of his own personal failures as a daddy, not just his victories. He does not come off as one who is perfect telling others that they should be perfect too. What a Difference a Daddy Makes covers a great deal of territory. The final four chapters are devoted to addressing difficulties that fathers will face. It was valuable reading, especially when he addressed stages of development that a father will need to know about to interact with both his daughter and his wife. I would be amiss not to mention that this is a book about parenting for both fathers and mothers, daughters and sons. The focus is primarily on the father-daughter relationship, but periodic sections deal with the mother-son relationship as well. This book will be profitable reading for all parents. I certainly enjoyed this book. It taught me several things I did not yet know. It affirmed in me many things I was already thinking about in rearing my daughter. This book will lift your spirits and encourage you as a parent. Enjoy!
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Summary: Fatherhood 101 - How to Master Raising a Daughter
Review: I heard Dr. Kevin Leman discuss What a Difference a Daddy Makes on Focus on the Family. At the end of the hour, I knew I had to buy and read this book. I cannot say enough good things about it. If I could give it six stars, I would. There were several chapters in the book that made me think, "This chapter alone is worth the price of the book." I think my favorite was chapter five - A Good Dad. Dr. Leman offers the encouragement that a dad doesn't need to be a great dad, just a good dad who is present and consistent. Super daddy once in a great while isn't the key. Rather, good dad in generous and frequent doses is the key to raising a well-adjusted daughter. Dr. Leman offers this profile of a "Good Father:"
1. A Father who is there
2. A Father who understands
3. A Father who honors his wife
4. A Father who believes in his daughter
5. A Father who lets his daughter hurt I could hardly believe number five, until I read what Dr. Leman had to say to explain himself. Dr. Leman's book endeared itself to me. His writing style is pleasant and straightforward. He shares many stories from his own family to illustrate his points. One of the greatest aspects of the book is that he shares some of his own personal failures as a daddy, not just his victories. He does not come off as one who is perfect telling others that they should be perfect too. What a Difference a Daddy Makes covers a great deal of territory. The final four chapters are devoted to addressing difficulties that fathers will face. It was valuable reading, especially when he addressed stages of development that a father will need to know about to interact with both his daughter and his wife. I would be amiss not to mention that this is a book about parenting for both fathers and mothers, daughters and sons. The focus is primarily on the father-daughter relationship, but periodic sections deal with the mother-son relationship as well. This book will be profitable reading for all parents. I certainly enjoyed this book. It taught me several things I did not yet know. It affirmed in me many things I was already thinking about in rearing my daughter. This book will lift your spirits and encourage you as a parent. Enjoy!
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Summary: Less than impressive
Review: I received this book as a gift from my older brother. It was a very easy read. I read it in a few hours over the course of 2 days. I found it quite touching, informative, funny, sad and optimistic. It's definitely one of those books you should read a few times during the course of parenting. Most of the topics were not really useful for me right now, as my baby is only 8 months old, but will be soon enough. And it definitely doesn't hurt to start planning how to handle stuff early on. Since my wife and I are expecting another child in about eight months, I think I'll pick up the author's book titled, "The New Birth Order". I liked this author's writing style - very easy to read. "What A Difference..." made me laugh out loud and tear up a bit, too. Of course, I had to shake it off quick so as not to lose the "appearance of cool" while reading it! Basically, my only real complaint about the book is that the last chapter was really of limited benefit. It seemed more like he was just sharing his daughter's wedding experience. I found little benefit in reading about how he couldn't hold back his tears and how he could barely walk down the isle. Anyway, I guess I'm being too picky. All in all, I enjoyed it very much and would recommend it to all Christian fathers of daughters.
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Summary: Entertaining, Informative and Insightful
Review: I received this book as a gift from my older brother. It was a very easy read. I read it in a few hours over the course of 2 days. I found it quite touching, informative, funny, sad and optimistic. It's definitely one of those books you should read a few times during the course of parenting. Most of the topics were not really useful for me right now, as my baby is only 8 months old, but will be soon enough. And it definitely doesn't hurt to start planning how to handle stuff early on. Since my wife and I are expecting another child in about eight months, I think I'll pick up the author's book titled, "The New Birth Order". I liked this author's writing style - very easy to read. "What A Difference..." made me laugh out loud and tear up a bit, too. Of course, I had to shake it off quick so as not to lose the "appearance of cool" while reading it! Basically, my only real complaint about the book is that the last chapter was really of limited benefit. It seemed more like he was just sharing his daughter's wedding experience. I found little benefit in reading about how he couldn't hold back his tears and how he could barely walk down the isle. Anyway, I guess I'm being too picky. All in all, I enjoyed it very much and would recommend it to all Christian fathers of daughters.
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Summary: Less than impressive
Review: In you enjoy reading books where you have to search long and hard for specific, biblical content, this is a good choice. Granted, there's not a lot of specific Scripture to fathering little girls. Still, this is a very "secular" book. It's not all bad, of course, and some of the daddy-daughter stories the author shares are good. But then there's stuff like when he (jokingly...like he thinks it's funny) shares a story about one of his little girls masturbating in front of the TV. His alarmed wife tells him to do something and his answer is to simply tell his daughter to go to her room to engage in that activity...yeesh.
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