Book recommendation
The Dad Difference
By Josh McDowell
and Dr. Norm Wakefield
Creating an Environment for
Your Child's Sexual Wholeness
(Information from the back cover)
Making a Difference
"I had a rotten day at school, then I all wanted was a bit of my parents' time. Just a simple hug would do. But they were too busy so I went to my boyfriend with my problems. One thing led to another and now I'm involved sexually. Dad, Mom, I wish you had been there when I needed you." Melissa
The national study on teen sexuality commissioned by "WHY WAIT?" confirms a significant relationship between teen sexual activity and the lack of parental attentiveness. Where parents provide
- affirmation,
- unconditional love and acceptance and
- ample listening time,
the rate of teen sexual involvement is dramatically lower.
The study also shows that mothers spend more than twice as much time as fathers and are more apt to discuss matters of sexuality with there children.
Drawing on this study, their personal experience, and their practical knowledge of Biblical principles. Josh McDowell
and Dr. Norm Wakefield provide insights for all fathers and guidelines for wives to support their husbands in making the
The Dad Difference. If you're a single parent, you will find the
The Dad Difference a breath of fresh air.
- Discover how to better protect your child from today's overwhelming temptations.
- Learn how to nurture a healthy sexual attitude in your child.
- Explore new ways of communicating with a teen who seems to be in another world.
- Find out when to loosen the reigns and when to clamp down.
- Know how to make up for "lost time" with your child.
- Learn, as a divorced parent, how to make the best of your situation.
The Dad Difference can help you instill moral values within your child and create a better environment for your child's sexual wholeness.
(Information from first page)
To My Fellow Dads
Everywhere...
You hold in your hand a book that comes from our hearts.
We're fathers. We take the responsibility seriously, and frankly, no task on this earth has challenged us more.
If you're like us, you love your kids with all your heart. You want to be a good Dad. you might be part of a nuclear family or among or among the growing number of divorced or blended families.
In any case God has entrusted one or more precious lives into your care and you want to build strong kids who go on to be strong caring adults.
We dads have the privilege, and the responsibility, to help make a significant difference in the next generation of our world - by how we express love and relate to our children!
We want to be challenged, encouraged and motivated to action by the ideas in the
The Dad Difference.
And we invite you
to make the commitment with us that,
- no matter how tough it may get,
- no matter how unresponsive our kids may be,
- no matter which way the road may bend in the future -
we dedicate ourselves to the privilege and responsibility of conscientious, loving, involved, communicative fathering.
In this book, we'll share some good tips to help carry you through.
Josh McDowell
Norm Wakefield
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Thank you for reading my blog.
God bless you.
Ron
