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Book SynopsisWilliam Marsiglio challenges dads to become more health-conscious in how they live and raise their children. His conclusions are drawn not only from his revealing interviews with a diverse sample of dads and paediatric healthcare professionals, but also from his own unique personal experiences - as a teenage father who, thirty-one years later, became a later-life dad to a second son.
Trade Review"In this practical, hands-on book, William Marsiglio not only tells dads why they need to improve their children's (and their own) fitness and health, but also shows them exactly how to do it."
-- Armin Brott * Mr.Dad.com and author of The Expectant Father, The New Father, and Fathering Your Toddler *
"This engaging book is the first to focus specifically on the role that fathers can play promoting the health, fitness, and well-being of their children. Going beyond generalities, it offers inspiring and time-tested suggestions about the ways in which 'new fathers' can actively parent in every way."
-- Michael E. Lamb * author of The Role of the Father in Child Development *
"Marsiglio observes how becoming a father affects not only the man’s health, but the health of his children. Marsiglio provides a mix of personal anecdote, objective data, and the latest research to link what fathers do with their child’s health." -- Dr. Craig Garfield * fathering researcher and pediatrician *
"Powerful and informative,
Dads, Kids, and Fitness is a wellspring of insights into fathering, family dynamics, and health and fitness concerns. Readers will walk away finding slices of relevance to their own lives and relationships with their kids." -- Don Sabo * co-editor of Sport, Men, and the Gender Order *
"Marsiglio provides great perspectives and experiences to be imparted to fathers. This book opens the conversation for a broadly positive impact that fathers can have when they take their health seriously as an influential member of the family unit." -- David Bell * Columbia University Medical Center *
Table of ContentsPreface
1 Mapping Dads’ Place in the Health Matrix
2 From Being a Boy to Becoming a Daddy
3 Routines, Rituals, and Care
4 Taking Stock and Personal Growth
5 Chronic Challenges
6 Coparenting
7 Making Proactive Dads
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