| View Larger Image | Why a Son Needs a Dad: 100 Reasons | Hardcoverby Gregory E. Lang (Author), Janet Lankford-Moran (Author), Janet Lankford-Moran (Photographer)
| List Price: | $14.95 | |
| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Cumberland House Publishing | | Page Count: | 128 Pages | | Publication Date: | February 26, 2003 | | Sales Rank: | 555,757th |
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Product Description
"A son needs a dad who knows how to have fun," Gregory Lang begins this testimony to the important roles fathers play in their sons’ lives. Increasingly in today’s world, young boys are being raised either without a father or by fathers who have very little involvement in their sons’ upbringing. A boy needs a dad to teach him how things work, how to talk with girls, and how to tie a tie. He also needs a father who is willing to make sacrifices, one who shows him that love is unselfish and pulls him back when he is headed in the wrong direction. These and more than ninety other things are what a boy must learn about becoming a man. The result is a sequel to the New York Times bestseller Why a Daughter Needs a Dad. The relationship between father and son is both simple and complex. Simple in that a father remembers the things he learned as a boy and passes them on to his sons. Complex in that it is filled with quiet hugs and laughter, the comfort of familiarity and the adventure of discovery, and the creation of a history from which they both may draw strength and wisdom. Today Gregory Lang remembers his dad as someone he worshiped as a child, disfavored as a teenager, and now deeply admires. "On my mantle, next to a high school portrait of my mom and amid many photographs of my daughter," he writes, "sits a picture of my dad and me our front yard. He is squatting down, his arms wrapped around me as I stand between his knees. Sometimes I stand before this mantle and look at those photographs and realize how blessed I am." Now that he is a father himself, Lang realizes that being a dad is the greatest challenge and reward a man can have. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 8 reviews)
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Nice book! by Mr. MOM (westchester,NY)  4 Stars
April 12, 2009
Very nice book, very touching to the heart. As a father it made me think a lot. The only problem I had with it, not much to read or advise. Simply reminds you of what we should be doing as fathers. But, hey It made me think and made me aware.
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its wonderful by Holly Kellerbauer  5 Stars
August 27, 2008
this book is awesome. my husband loved it. it was shipped fast and in great condition....
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Nice sentiments, but not worth much as a book by H. Dixon (Dallas, TX USA)  1 Stars
June 16, 2008
The book is nice, but not very deep - it's like getting 100 father's day cards in one book.
Worse, if you read it straight through (it took my wife and I about 15 minutes to read the entire book), you will notice that it starts repeating the same thoughts over again, in order to get to 100 (e.g., " A Son Needs A Dad .. who knows how to have fun ... [and then later] who can be playful and silly"). I wouldn't buy it again.
If you're looking for pithy things to teach your children, I thought Life's Little Instruction Book had more interesting things to say.
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Say it now.... by Mr. Kenneth R. Campbell III (Richmond, VA) 5 Stars
January 19, 2007
I gave this book to my dad for Christmas. He had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. The book was a way of saying all those things I wanted to say, but didn't.
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Wonderful Book! by Donna Bush 5 Stars
January 09, 2007
An excellent book for us all to remember why we love our children so much and how we shape their lives. The lump in my throat got bigger and bigger........
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SIMILAR PRODUCTS |
| Why a Son Needs a Mom: 100 Reasons
by Gregory E. Lang (Author)
The fourth book in the Family Matters series, Why a Son Needs a Mom is a reminder of the important roles a mother plays in a boy's life, as he experiences warmth and security from her and learns to be confident, loving, and accepting of others - in preparation for possibly being a father himself someday.
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| Why a Daughter Needs a Mom: 100 Reasons
by Gregory E. Lang (Author)
The third book in the Family Matters series, Why a Daughter Needs a Mom inspires mothers to empower their daughters to become strong, purposeful, independent women and reminds daughters that their mothers are some of the strongest, most reliable sources from which they can draw strength and wisdom.
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| Why a Daughter Needs a Dad: 100 Reasons
by Gregory E. Lang (Author)
The first book in the Family Matters series, Why a Daughter Needs a Dad celebrates the love fathers have for their daughters, inspiring them to embrace the important role they hold in their daughters' lives and to provide the love, nurture, and emotional support that only they can give.
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| Why a Daughter Needs a Dad: A Hundred Reasons
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The relationship between father and daughter is one that almost defies description. Begun and nurtured in love, the relationship strengthens daughter and dad and brings out the best in both, softening the edges of fathers and providing strength and security for their daughters. The warmth of quiet—and exhuberant—hugs and laughter, the comfort of familiarity, the creation of a history from which both dad and daughter may draw—all this and much more express the rich relationship that exists...
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| Father to Son: Life Lessons on Raising a Boy
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A little book of wisdom for fathers on raising boys, Father to Son is a guide to the joys and responsibilities of fatherhood. Divided into sections covering the different stages of a boy's life, the book features one succinct lesson per page-some lighthearted, some serious, all supported by the book's strong moral backbone. Here is the importance of passing along skills- "Show him how to eat an Oreo." "Show him how to put a baseball in a new glove and wrap a belt around it." Of setting a good...
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