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Father Your Son - Part 1 - How To Be The Father You've Always Wanted To Be

A new book by Stephan Poulter, Ph.D., says there are five fundamental fathering styles. For your son's sake, you need to determine yours - and take steps to make it better. Do you make an effort to father your son? At first glance, this seems like a ludicrous question. Didn't you provide half his genetic material?

Father Your Son - Part 2 - How to Become the Father You've Always Wanted to Be

You love your son and want to be the best father you possibly can be. But when you read Dr. Stephan Poulter's descriptions of the Five Fundamental Fathering Styles, you recognized yourself in one of the four 'bad' categories. Now you feel sad and anxious, fearful of scarring your son for life.