Family & Relationships Fatherhood
Becoming a Kind Father
A Son's Journey
- Publisher
- Post Hypnotic Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2017
- Category
- Fatherhood
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Downloadable audio file
- ISBN
- 9781927817520
- Publish Date
- Jan 2017
- List Price
- $20.00
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- ISBN
- 9781927817513
- Publish Date
- Jan 2017
- List Price
- $26.00
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- ISBN
- 9781927817506
- Publish Date
- Jan 2017
- List Price
- $50.00
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Description
The macho society that held John Wayne as a role model has created an emotional wasteland where eighty percent of men are unable to accurately express their feelings, and where that same percentage feel estranged from their fathers. The stifled male, disconnected and out of touch, fills the void with apathy or anger and the toll is staggering: short unhealthy lives, ruined relationships and damaged children. This destructive behavior repeats itself in the next generation as the sins of the father continue the cycle.
In Becoming a Kind Father, Calvin Sandborn aims to break that cycle. His intensely personal story is heart-searing and inspirational. Brought up to fear his father's alcohol-fuelled fury and hateful put-downs, the author buried his feelings and fine-tuned his own rage. His father's early death and the collapse of the author's marriage provided catalysts for change.
Interspersing clever literary references with painful childhood memories, intense self-examination and astute observations, Sandborn provides well-researched psychological findings and self-help tips, including how to:
About the authors
Calvin Sandborn is a journalist, author and environmental lawyer who currently supervises the University of Victoria Environmental Law Clinic. He is also a kind father and grandfather.
Calvin Sandborn's profile page
Sue Reed is a registered Landscape Architect with thirty years' experience designing sustainable landscapes that are ecologically rich, energy efficient, and climate-responsive. Sue served for 14 years as adjunct faculty at the Conway School of Landscape Design and has led numerous workshops on the subject of ecological landscaping. Sue is the author of Energy-Wise Landscape Design, for which she also provided much of the photography.
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