I just wanted to give a book recommendation. Hubby is very hard to please with books like this, but he has nothing but good to say about this book. I looked at quite a few and their reviews and am very happy that I settled with this one. He is too.
“What a Daughter Needs From Her Dad: How a Man Prepares His Daughter for Life” By Micheal Farris
To encourage and guide men in becoming the dads they want to be, Michael Farris addresses issues common in all families with daughters: friends, dating, personal appearance, and preparing for the roles she’ll have as a woman. Michael Farris challenges fathers to take their unique opportunity to train daughters for life’s challenges-in ways that only a dad can. Originally published as How a Man Prepares His Daughters for Life, it now includes new material on relating to an adult daughter.
About the Author
Michael Farris has the experience needed for a book of this kind–he’s the father of six daughters and four sons! President of Patrick Henry College, a constitutional lawyer, and chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association, he counsels men and women across the nation on parenting issues. The Farris family lives in Virginia.
One thing he must not do is ignore these issues and fade into the background, expecting his wife to deal with it alone, even if she is present and willing and capable. Certainly there are some issues where mommy is uniquely qualified, but a father’s perspective is important to his little girl even in these areas. Fatherhood is not for wimps.
That’s the beginning of Mr. Farris’s wise and insightful advice in this gem of a little book, one that bears reading and rereading. He writes from a conservative Christian perspective, a point of view for those of us who know that God’s Word still speaks to our lives and guides us through what is often a trashheap of society around us. His advice is very much counterculture, but the Bible tells us we are to not allow worldly philosophies to undermine the timeless Judeo-Christian values we hold dear.
Many times it’s hard to know how to walk the razor’s edge between prudishness and an appropriately joyful Christian life that can be seen as such by those around us, especially our daughter’s peers, but Mr. Farris gives us the benefit of his experience in raising six little girls in today’s world. His input is priceless. “
Really good stuff in there. I can’t wait to read it myself. After I get through all of the other great books I’m reading! By the way, for those of you with only boys, hubby says there is some good stuff in there for you too!
