Real men enjoy their kids!: How to spend quality time with the children in your life - Softcover

If you've ever been caught unprepared for an hour or a weekend with your kids, this book is for you. Although a man's role in child nurturing often has been considered insignificant, that isn't true, as you already realize; fathers are as important as mothers. And this overdue guidebook was written by a trio of authors who have the courage to admit it. Their book is for men--men who love children, who take pride in being role models for the children in their lives, and who want to spend quality time with them. In other words, it is for nearly all men.

Real Men Enjoy Their Kids! first provides you with an overview of men and child nurturing. You then work through specific activities-everyday and special-in which men and children can share and grow closer. Each activity is outlined in detail and presented in two versions: one that can be done with younger children (6 and under), and a more complex activity that is possible with older children. In the process, the authors have made provision for reflection on and evaluation of the time spent together, and the discoveries made.

By using this book as both a guide and a creative model, you will enter new worlds of growth and deepened relationships with your children. Whether you are a father, a grandfather, an uncle, a brother, friend, or cousin, this book is important for any man who wants to share quality time with the children in his life.

WENDA GOODHART SINGER is a coordinator and teacher with Mothers' Morning Out. She is married to MARK SINGER, an assistant professor of social work at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. They have two children. STEPHEN SHECHTMAN is a school psychologist in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, and the father of one son.