Synopses & Reviews
Within nearly two decades of experience as a family therapist, Dr. Robert Frank teaches us how to achieve fair-share parenting, covering some of the most common conundrums of child care:
* The challenging "second shift," including mealtime, bathtime, and bedtime routines
* Negotiating with your spouse for downtime
* Sharing the "on call" role for emergencies
* Communicating needs without arguing
* Reconstructing stressful schedules to work for you and your kids
* Planning weekend activities
Parenting Partners is full of warmth, reassurance, and an abundance of practical, family-tested solutions. Dr. Frank provides an indispensable primer on how to give your children the involvement they deserve while improving your marriage in the process. We can and must find solutions to the imbalance in our family lives: solutions that make everyone happy-moms, dads, and kids.
Synopsis
"In this unusual book, Robert Frank gives newer and deeper meaning to the role of father as primary caregiver to his children. . . . This book will have a profound effect on our future".--Isabelle Fox, Ph.D., author of "Being There: The Benefits of a Stay-at-Home Parent".
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-267) and index.
About the Author
Robert Frank, Ph.D., is one of the nation's leading researchers on fatherhood, parenting, and child-care issues. He lives with his wife, son, and daughter in Glenview, Illinois.
Kathryn E. Livingston has been writing on parenting issues for the past sixteen years. She lives in Bergen County, New Jersey, with her husband and three sons.