Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters
A couple months ago my good friend Greg Hartnett, who has a daughter of his own, sent me an awesome book about raising daughters.
The book is called Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters and is about building relationships with your daughter(s) to help shape her life so she grows up healthy, happy and responsible. The book is very good and I’d recommend it to any dad that has daughters. I’m dreading those teenage-years because I know payback is a bitch so this book had a lot of great advice for me. Hopefully I can raise my daughters to be strong and stay away from guys like me.
Since Greg was very generous by sending me this book I want to pay-it-forward. I am going to send the first 3 dads with daughters that contact me a free copy.
Thanks again Greg!
** Update: Sorry folks. I should have mentioned this earlier but the three copies are long gone. Thanks.
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I know I’m probably WAY too late with this but I just ran across it. I’m a new, first time dad………. with a 36 year old daughter! Sound confusing? It really is. She came into my and my wife’s life about 3 years ago. She and her husband then were have mega marriage difficulties. Our pastor at church asked us if we would mind trying to help them since my wife and I have been married 41 years; wanting children but never able to have them or adopt them. As it turned out, because of severe verbal, mental and physical abuse by her husband they separated and divorced. She never knew her dad and her biological mother abandoned her during the divorce. We have unofficially adopted each other. And I know it may sound weird but we are considering formal adoption.
Maybe I don’t qualify for the book but if you have any ‘dad’ insights you would like to impart, I’m listening
Thanks
Max,
Wow, that’s quite the story and no I don’t find the formal adoption weird at all. Man, I have no idea what kind of advice to give someone with a 36 y/o daughter, mine are still little tikes. I suppose just be the best example you can for her and make sure she knows that no matter what you’ll always be there for her and support her.