The Prodigal Father: Reunting Fathers and Their Children - Brossura

Bryan, Mark A.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0609802038 ISBN 13: 9780609802038

Casa editrice: Three Rivers Pr, 1998

Riassunto

A handbook to help estranged fathers reconnect with their children examines both the estrangement process and the path to reunion, explaining how to rebuild self-esteem, renew a relationship with the child's mother, and create lasting bonds. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Mark Bryan has been a teacher and writer for over a decade, and is a nationally known speaker in the human potential movement.  He is the cofounder (with Julia Cameron) of  The Artist's Way. His experience both in developing extremely effective self-help techniques for The Artist's Way and as a reunited father led him to create this program to help estranged fathers.

Bryan received his masters in family education from Harvard University and is Director of The Father Project, affiliated with the Harvard Project on Women's Psychology, Boys Development and the Culture of Manhood.  He is currently researching The Artist's Way for Work.  Mark Bryan lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.


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Prodigal Father, Mark Bryan addresses this important social issue by offering a proven program to help fathers assume a vital role in their children's lives. "Through my work and my own experience as an absent father, I've come to realize that what we call 'deadbeat dads' are actually broken-hearted dads," says Bryan. "Living in shame and denial about the pain of their loss (even when they were the ones who decided to give up their kids), these men feel hopeless and overwhelmed at the thought of attempting a reunion."

Mark Bryan knows the problems of men who are divorced and don't see their kids as often as they would like, as well as those of the men who have totally lost touch with their children. He knows the guilt and shame they feel, the pangs at holiday times, the wrench when a father is alone and sees other fathers playing with their kids, taking them to school, waiting with them in the line at McDonald's. He knows how fathers wonder how they got "o

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Three Rivers Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0609802038
• ISBN 13: 9780609802038
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 278
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile