Between Fathers and Daughters: Enriching and Rebuilding Your Adult Relationship

by Linda Nielsen

At last! A no-nonsense, entertaining, and insightful book for dads and daughters who want more from their relationship--or who want to understand and rebuild it on an adult level. Dr. Linda Nielsen addresses the questions that daughters and dads regularly ask her--and a lot more. Based on two decades of work with hundreds of dads and daughters, BETWEEN FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS summarizes cutting-edge research in clear language and offers compelling stories about real people--including well-known celebrities. With candor and humor, BETWEEN FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS exposes the half-truths, downright lies, and family dynamics that prevent so many dads and daughters from having a more relaxed, more meaningful, more communicative relationship, regardless of age. Explaining why most daughter-dad relationships haven't reached their full potential or have unraveled, Nielsen provides hope as she shows fathers and daughters how to make changes now!

Genres: Psychology, Relationships

256 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2008

About the author

Wake Forest University: Professor of Women's Studies & Adolescent Psychology.

BA, MA, EdD, Tennesee, Doctorate in Educational and Adolescent Psychology.

A nationally recognized expert on father-daughter relationships, Dr. Nielsen has been teaching, conducting research and writing about adolescents and father-daughter relationships since 1970.

The only university course in the country devoted exclusively to father-daughter relationships (created in 1990). http://www.wfu.edu/~nielsen/fanddcour...

President, American Coalition for Fathers & Children.
Dr. Nielsen is President of the ACFC, the largest organization in the country advocating on behalf of shared parenting between divorced or never married fathers and mothers.

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nielsen's book discussed topics that went past forgiveness to relationship building. I was looking for a book that would help, in the area of relationship building and this one arrested my attention. Some authors focus way too much on forgiveness. Which is important, but never write about relationship building after the forgiveness level has been reached. In this book I learned to see things from the offenders point of view, move past blame, be emotionally intelligent, and found the courage to extend my hand in friendship to my dead-beat father.

In addition the book does start off kinda dry and repetitive, but I encourage you to keep reading and you will learn a lot.

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book gave me so much insight into why my dad & I have to keep our phone conversations light. I now understand how fathers think & my relationship with my dad has vastly improved.

[Ashley · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was very triggering for me. I'm not sure if this author ever had an issue with her father, she comes off as a daddy's girl... I couldn't finish it...

[Crystal]

This is not a book that you sit down and read in a day for fun, so I'm taking it chapter by chapter.