"At the beginning of her life,
she will feel your love.
At the end of her life,
you will be on her mind.
And what happens in between is up to you.
Love her extraordinarily.
This is the heart of great fathering."
If you are a man,
especially if you are a father,
you should read this book.
If you are a woman,
a daughter, a sister...
or if you have daughters,
or might have daughters some day...
YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK!
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters
10 Secrets Every Father Should Know
The author, Dr. Meg Meeker, M.D.
has over 2o years experience
treating and counseling teens and their parents.
She is a daughter and a mother herself.
Here is what she wants you to know:
"Men, good men:
We need you.
We - mothers, daughters, and sisters -
need your help to raise healthy young women.
We need every ounce
of masculine courage and wit you own,
because fathers,
more than anyone else,
set the course for a daughter's life."
Are you a dad?
Is your daughter 4 months old?
Is your daughter sixteen?
Is she already married?
No matter her age, this book will help you
discover how to keep
(or recover)
a close relationship with your daughter - for life!
Are you a daughter?
Are you in college, already well into your professional career,
or with children of your own?
This book is well worth your time to read.
You will discover so much about yourself.
You will read and suddenly find yourself nodding your head.
You will hear yourself say, "Now I understand!"
or "That makes so much sense!"
Dr. Meeker says:
"I have not chosen attributes of fathers to discuss randomly.
I have watched and listened to your daughters
for many years and have heard what they say about you (fathers).
I have treated daughters and counseled families.
I have read psychiatry texts, research papers,
psychology journals, religious studies, and pediatric journals.
Doing this has been my job.
But I will tell you that no research paper,
no textbook diagnosis,
no instructions
can begin to change a young girl's life
as dramatically as even a handful
of interactions with her father.
Nothing."
Fathers, Dr. Meeker wants to share 10 secrets with you.
These secrets will not only help you
peer into the mind of daughters and understand them better,
these secrets will teach you about YOURSELF.
These 10 secrets include:
1) the essential virtues of strong fathers - and how to develop them
2) the cues daughters take from their dads on everything
3) the truth about ground rules (why they are needed)
4) the importance of becoming a hero to your daughter
5) the biggest mistake a dad can make - and the ramifications
6) the fact that girls actually depend on their dad's guidance into adulthood
7) steps fathers can follow to help daughters avoid disastrous decisions
8) ways in which a father's faith - or lack thereof- will influence his daughter
9) essential communication strategies for different stages of a girl's life
10) true stories of "prodigal daughters" - and how their fathers helped to bring them back |
"Dads, you are far more powerful than you think you are.
My goal in writing this book is to show you
how to use your power to improve your life with your daughter,
and by doing so to make your life remarkably richer,
more rewarding, and more beneficial
to those you love."
More than anything,
Dr. Meeker wants you to know that it is never too late
to have a better relationship with your daughter.
Even if things haven't been perfect in the past,
or your relationship is rocky now,
there are concrete steps you can take
to ensure a strong relationship for the future.
Men are natural problem solvers.
Let Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters
give you the tools you need
to do the best job you can do.
Here are a few of the secrets you will learn in
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters:
"Every man who enters her life
will be compared to you;
every relationship she has with a man
will be filtered through her relationship with you.
If you have a good relationship,
she will choose boyfriends who will treat her well."
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"Let me tell you a secret:
many daughters challenge their fathers too.
They'll dive into a power struggle with you,
not to see how tough you are,
but to see how much you really care about them."
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"Your daughter doesn't have to like
your mannerisms, your rules, your clothes,
or your political view,
but you never want to lose her respect.
And you won't if you live your moral beliefs
and act with authority.
If you do that , you will be a hero in her eyes.
It's what she wants you to be."
***
"I can guarantee you one thing:
if you listen to your daughter attentively
for ten minutes every day,
by the end of the month
you'll have a completely new
relationship with her.
Do what you would do naturally as a man:
spend more time listening than talking.
If you listen, she'll feel loved."
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Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters
10 Secrets Every Father Should Know
$14.95
Softcover
267 pages
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About the author:
Dr. Meg Meeker, M.D. , has spent the past twenty years practicing
pediatric and adolescent medicine and counseling teens and parents.
Dr. Meeker is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics
and a fellow of the National Advisory Board of the Medical Institute.
Dr. Meeker is a popular speaker on teen issues
and is frequently heard on nationally syndicated radio and television programs.
She lives and works in Traverse City, Michigan,
where she shares a medical practice with her husband, Walter Meeker.
They have four children.
Meg Meeker has also written the following books:
Boys Should be Boys and The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers.
Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE
You Are the Most Important Man in Her Life
CHAPTER TWO
She Needs a Hero
CHAPTER THREE
You Are Her First Love
CHAPTER FOUR
Teach Her Humility
CHAPTER FIVE
Protect Her, Defend Her
(and us a shotgun if necessary)
CHAPTER SIX
Pragmatism and Grit: Two of Your Greatest Assets
CHAPTER SEVEN
Be the Man You Want Her to Marry
CHAPTER EIGHT
Teach Her Who God Is
CHAPTER NINE
Teach Her to Fight
CHAPTER TEN
Keep Her Connected
AFTERWARD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHT
NOTES
INDEX
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You may also be interested in this related set:
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters &
Boys Should Be Boys Set
Set on sale for $29.70
This discounted set includes:
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters &
Boys Should Be Boys - 7 Secrets for Raising Healthy Sons.
Items also sold separately.
Boyhood used to be a time of freedom and fun -
of catching bullfrogs, playing tackle football,
and roaming the woods -
but not anymore.
Rambunctious, high-spirited boys -
healthy boys -
nowadays face an increasingly hostile world
that doesn't value the unique gifts of boys,
that discounts their masculine virtues,
and that undermines what boys need
to become mature, confident, and thoughtful men.
In Boys Should Be Boys,
Meg Meeker unlocks the secrets
of what parents can do to restore
some of the magic of boyhood
and help their son become the man
they want him to be.
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