Isbn: 9798190680621 - the present father: being here now - and leaving something that lasts (3 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This book is for the father who loves his children deeply, is doing his best, and still finds himself - too often - only half there. Physically in the room but mentally elsewhere. At the dinner table but checking his phone. Home for the weekend but thinking about Monday. Fatherhood is one of the most consequential roles a person will occupy, and one of the least supported. We get almost no preparation and almost no permission to talk honestly about the gap between the father we intend to be and the father we actually are on an ordinary Tuesday evening. This book closes that gap - without guilt, and without pretending presence is easy. It covers what the research actually shows about what children need from their fathers, why small repeated moments matter more than grand gestures, how to build resilience rather than shielding children from every difficulty, and what a meaningful legacy looks like when it has nothing to do with money. It's about the things children remember: the rituals, the conversations, the being-taken-seriously, the father who put the phone down. And it's honest about what gets in the way - work, exhaustion, and the way we were fathered ourselves. Includes a practical appendix of 100 specific things a present father can do, starting today. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…