Coping tools and intelligent advice for today's fathers.
Becoming a father is a life-changing event, and not an easy one. The new feelings, emotions, and reactions surfacing every day can be confusing and overwhelming, summoning new dads to resolve old issues. Fathering Right from the Start helps guide men through this life passage, helping them navigate difficult times and participate meaningfully in parenting. Complete with exercises, checklists, and firsthand accounts by fathers from all walks of life, this indispensable book carries the seeds for a new tradition of men's involvement in the emotional, cultural, and psychical structure of the family. A guidebook filled with intelligent advice to assist new dads with their passage into fatherhood that includes exercises, checklists, and firsthand accounts from experienced fathers.
Jack Heinowitz, PhD, is the father of three children ranging in age from ten to twenty-five. A leading expert in new parent-hood and men's issues, he has counseled individuals, couples, and families for more than thirty years. He also presents work-shops to expectant and new parents and to health professionals. Based in San Diego, California, where he codirects Parents As Partners Associates with his wife, Ellen Eichler, LCSW, Dr. Heinowitz is the author of the internationally acclaimed Pregnant Fathers series. "If fatherhood seems like Mount Everest to you, here is your guide. Jack Heinowitz will get you safely and happily to the top."
