Be the Dad She Needs You to Be: The Indelible Imprint a Father Leaves on His Daughter's Life

Kevin Leman

May 2014 · Sold by Thomas Nelson

About this ebook

From the New York Times best-selling author of Have a New Kid by Friday comes a call to dads to step up to the plate and become the loving, actively engaged father that a daughter needs for life and relational success.

The relationship that matters most to your daughter isn't always the one with her mother—sometimes it's the one with you, Dad. Her self-esteem, choices, behavior, character, and even her ideas about or choice of a marriage partner are all directly tied to you, as the most important representative to her of the male species.

In Be the Dad She Needs You to Be Dr. Kevin Leman—internationally-known psychologist, New York Times best-selling author, and father of four daughters—will show you not only how to get the fathering job done and done well, but also how to:

• Make each daughter feel unique, special, and valued.
• Discipline the right way . . . when it's needed.
• Talk turkey about what guys are really thinking.
• Keep the critical eye at bay.
• Wave the truce flag when females turn your family room into a battleground.
• Set your daughter up for life and relational success.

With some effort on your part, you can gain the kind of lasting relationship you dream of with your daughter—one based on mutual love and respect. The simple yet profound suggestions in this book will transform you into the kind of man your daughter needs . . . for a lifetime.

Ratings and reviews

This book had very good advice and I enjoyed it enough to read it in its entirety. However it got a little too religious on me. Granted it’s my fault for not research Leman prior to purchasing but still. As I read along, I couldn’t help but to roll my eyes during these parts. It was just too much for me. The other part I didn’t enjoy too much is his reliance too much on gender roles. I don’t think women hugely “can’t sleep with a dirty kitchen” mentality anymore. I do think this is kind of a gender neutral issue. At least in my surroundings anyway. As a whole however I did find a lot of good information and plan on following the bulk of them.

Good read, emotional at times. I feel slightly less terrified about fatherhood. a lot of good insight. 👍

Loved this book. Provides valuable information as well as gives you affirmations if you pick it up daily.

About the author

Dr. Kevin Leman is an internationally known Christian psychologist, speaker, and New York Times bestselling author of fifty books, including Have a New Kid by Friday, The Birth Order Book, and Making Your Children Mind without Losing Yours. A master communicator, Dr. Leman is a frequent guest on hundreds of radio and TV shows such as The View, Oprah, Today, Fox & Friends, and Focus on the Family. He and his wife, Sande, live in Tucson, Arizona. They are the parents of five children and two grandchildren.